Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Brunsvigia namaquana D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2013/07/25
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden
Justification
Widespread (EOO 25 429 km²) and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Steinkopf and Aggeneys to Wallekraal and Loeriesfontein.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo
Description
Rocky quartzitic slopes and granite outcrops.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Brunsvigia namaquana D.& U.Müll.-DobliesData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brunsvigia namaquana D.& U.Müll.-DobliesNot Threatened Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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. 2012. A revision of the Brunsvigia radula-group (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae) of species in South Africa, including the description of Brunsvigia gariepensis a new species from Bushmanland in Northern Cape. South African Journal of Botany 79(1):106-116.


Citation
Snijman, D.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2013. Brunsvigia namaquana D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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