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Scientific Name | Rhodohypoxis incompta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYPOXIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/03 |
Assessor(s) | Y. Singh, J.E. Victor & H. Mtshali |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 40 km²) species, known from southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg and restricted to a specialized habitat. No known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Sehlabathebe to Sani Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | Subalpine grassland, wet, gravely silt draining off rocks or wet grass tussocks near rock sheets, 2300-2900 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rhodohypoxis incompta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhodohypoxis incompta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Rhodohypoxis incompta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 2003. Rhodohypoxis: carpets of alpine jewels. Veld & Flora 89(4):140-144.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1978. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: VII. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 36:43-76.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| Singh, Y., Victor, J.E. & Mtshali, H. 2015. Rhodohypoxis incompta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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