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Scientific Name | Pauridia pygmaea Snijman & Kocyan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYPOXIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Fabricia minuta (L.) Thunb., Helonias minuta L., Hypoxis minuta (L.) L.f., Ianthe minuta (L.) F.N.Williams, Spiloxene minuta (L.) Fourc. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <1800 km². Formerly widespread in the Swartland in wet clay habitats, but now restricted to three or four small, severely fragmented remnants due to urban development and wheat and vineyard expansion. It continues to decline due to habitat invasion by alien grasses. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pakhuis Pass to Cape Peninsula and Strand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Lowland renosterveld, in damp sites. |
Threats |
| There are only three extant sub-populations. The majority of historic localities have been lost to urban expansion around Cape Town and Stellenbosch.
The majority of this species' habitat has been lost to wheat and vineyards in the past 150 years.
Alien grass invasion is a severe ongoing threat at Rondebosch Common and Duthie Nature Reserve. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pauridia pygmaea Snijman & Kocyan | EN B1ab(iii,v) | 2014.1 | | Spiloxene minuta (L.) Fourc. | EN B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Spiloxene minuta (L.) Fourc. | VU B1B2abcd | Victor (2002) | | Spiloxene minuta (L.) Fourc. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
Snijman, D.A. and Kocyan, A. 2013. The genus Pauridia (Hypoxidaceae) amplified to include Hypoxis sect. Ianthe, Saniella and Spiloxene, with revised nomenclature and typification. Phytotaxa 116(1):19-33.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Pauridia pygmaea Snijman & Kocyan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/16 |
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