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Scientific Name | Romulea hirta Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Common Names | Froetang (a), Knikker (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/03/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Romulea hirta is widespread and has no severe threats. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 15 241 km², and is therefore not in danger of extinction, and is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs from the Bokkeveld Escarpment around Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape southwards to the Roggeveld Escarpment and the northern Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hantam Karoo, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Agter-Sederberg Shrubland, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | It occurs in damp sand and light clay, often along streams. Subpopulations from the western Karoo occur on stony doleritic clay. |
Threats |
| Romulea hirta is threatened by habitat degradation. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Romulea hirta Schltr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
De Vos, M.P. 1972. The genus Romulea in South Africa. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 9:1-307.
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.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Romulea hirta Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/20 |
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