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Scientific Name | Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & Burb. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ALLIACEAE |
Synonyms | Tulbaghia poetica Burb. in Vosa & Burb. (illegitimate name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/09/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A highly range-restricted (EOO 272 km²) species that has lost extensive habitat to commercial forestry plantations in the past, but over a period longer than three generations. It is still fairly common, and more than 80% of its remaining grassland habitat is now well protected and it is no longer declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mariepskop to Mount Sheba and Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Montane grassland, on damp, shallow soils over sheet rocks or in open grassland. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to commercial timber plantations is a severe past threat to this species, with 57% of montane grasslands within its range already transformed to plantations. This threat has however ceased, as plantations are no longer expanding. More than 80% of the remaining grasslands within this narrow endemic's range are now part of an extensive protected area network along the Blyde River Canyon. |
Population |
In spite of extensive habitat loss (over a period of longer than three generations), this species is still fairly common, as indicated by many recent collections.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & Burb. | VU D2 | 2011.1 | | Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & Burb. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & Burb. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Vosa, C.G. 1975. The cytotaxonomy of the genus Tulbaghia. Annali di Botanica 34:104.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Tulbaghia coddii Vosa & Burb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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