Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Romulea vinacea M.P.de Vos
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
Common Names
Froetang (a), Knikker (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2006/07/06
Assessor(s)
J.C. Manning & N.A. Helme
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<500 km²) with no known threats. At present only two disjunct subpopulations are known, but it is likely to occur in intervening mountainous areas.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Pakhuis Pass and Oorlogskloof.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Sandy soils on upper plateaus.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Romulea vinacea M.P.de VosRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Romulea vinacea M.P.de VosRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Romulea vinacea M.P.de VosRare 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.


Manning, J., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2001. A synoptic review of Romulea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra including new species, biological notes, and a new infrageneric classification. Adansonia 23(1):59-108.


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.


Citation
Manning, J.C. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Romulea vinacea M.P.de Vos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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