Waterfroetang

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
Common Names
Waterfroetang (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment Date
2006/04/15
Assessor(s)
J.C. Manning & D. Raimondo
Justification
EOO<2400 km², AOO<2 km², endemic to vernal pools. It has lost much habitat to wheat cultivation in the past. There are less than five locations (possibly only two), all of which are severely threatened by further expansion of wheat cultivation and by trampling by livestock.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Piketberg to Malmesbury.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Major habitats
Swartland Shale Renosterveld
Description
Seasonal pools on clay flats.
Threats
Habitat loss, Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Romulea aquatica G.J.LewisEN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Romulea aquatica G.J.LewisVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Romulea aquatica G.J.LewisVulnerable Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


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.


Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.


Citation
Manning, J.C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/11/03

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