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Scientific Name | Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ALLIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Tulbaghia galpinii is a widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 18 538 km², and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is widespread in high mountains of the Cradock, Cathcart, Queenstown and Elliot districts. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Bedford Dry Grassland, Tsomo Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Queenstown Thornveld |
Description | It grows in montane grasslands. |
Threats |
| There are no known severe threats to this species. Tulbaghia species are used in traditional medicine, but there are no records of this species being utilised. They are popular in cultivation, but there is no evidence of unsustainable harvesting of wild individuals for the horticultural trade. |
Population |
Tulbaghia galpinii is known from only a few, widely scattered records, but it is suspected to be more common as the tiny plants are easily overlooked. Collection notes indicate that it is common in suitable habitat. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burbidge, R.B. 1978. A revision of the genus Tulbaghia (Liliaceae). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 36(1):77 - 103.
Clark, V.R., Barker, N.P. and Mucina, L. 2009. The Sneeuberg: A new centre of floristic endemism on the Great Escarpment, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 75(2):196-238.
Pond, U., Beesley, B.B., Brown, L.R. and Bezuidenhout, H. 2002. Floristic analysis of the Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape. Koede 45(1):35-57.
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. 2000. A revised cytotaxonomy of the genus Tulbaghia (Alliaceae). Caryologia 53(2):83-112.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Tulbaghia galpinii Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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