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Scientific Name | Trachyandra sanguinorhiza Boatwr. & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2013/12/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & J.S. Boatwright |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 163 km²), known from only a few collections, but possibly more common as it occurs in a relatively poorly explored area. It is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Tanqua Karoo and Klein Roggeveld between Ceres and Sutherland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Tanqua Wash Riviere |
Description | Seasonally damp sandy loam or rocky flats in shale renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Less than 1% of this species' habitat is cultivated, and parts of it is heavily grazed, however, this species appears to be somewhat resilient to disturbance, having been recorded in disturbed vegetation, and is not suspected to be threatened. Trachyandra species of this group are generally not negatively affected by grazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trachyandra sanguinorhiza Boatwr. & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S. and Manning, J.C. 2010. Notes on the genus Trachyandra (Asphodelaceae: Asphodeloideae) 1: A review of the T. thyrsoidea group (Section Trachyandra), including three new species from the Northern Cape. South African Journal of Botany 76(3):499-510.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Boatwright, J.S. 2013. Trachyandra sanguinorhiza Boatwr. & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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