Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Romulea multifida M.P.de Vos
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/07/06
Assessor(s)
J.C. Manning, K. Naidoo & N.A. Helme
Justification
AOO<10 km², known from three locations. Potentially threatened by crop cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Roggeveld Plateau.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld
Description
Damp clay flats, 1500 m.
Threats
Habitat loss, Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Romulea multifida M.P.de VosVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Romulea multifida M.P.de VosRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Romulea multifida M.P.de VosRare Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

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.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Manning, J.C., Naidoo, K. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Romulea multifida M.P.de Vos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/09/19

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