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Scientific Name | Eriospermum bracteatum Archibald |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RUSCACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/27 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two locations and potentially threatened by harvesting for medicinal use, invasive alien plants and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Grahamstown district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
Description | Semi-arid scrub in hard, clay soil formed from dolerite and shale in open karroid communities between bush clumps. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation as a result of agriculture and alien plant invasion. Bulbs may also be used medicinally, but is not known to be harvested in large volumes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eriospermum bracteatum Archibald | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Eriospermum bracteatum Archibald | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Perry, P.L. 1994. A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 17:1-320.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Eriospermum bracteatum Archibald. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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