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Scientific Name | Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Bokkeveldia salteri (W.F.Barker) D.& U.Müll.-Doblies |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/23 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Recorded from seven locations in an area of 1500 km². Threatened primarily by expanding rooibos cultivation, but is also collected illegally. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Nardous Mountain, Olifants River Valley and Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Confined to seasonally moist sandstone outcrops in humus-rich sandy pockets amongst sandstone rocks. |
Threats |
| The plants growing in the Oliflants River Valley and on the Nardouwsberg are already being threatened by expanding rooibos tea cultivation. In addition, this attractive species is also potentially threatened by removal of wild plants for the horticultural industry. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Snijman, D.A. 1994. Systematics of Hessea, Strumaria and Carpolyza (Amaryllideae: Amaryllidaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16:1-162.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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