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Scientific Name | Brunsvigia gariepensis Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Common Names | Gariep March Lily (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 260-680 km²) local endemic, known from two locations and possibly occurring at a third, and threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bushmanland, inselbergs between Aggeneys and Pofadder. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland, Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert |
Description | Rocky quartzitic slopes and summits of Bushmanland inselbergs. |
Threats |
| Plants at one known location is threatened by habitat loss to zinc mining, and at a second, road construction and prospecting activities point to potential further threat of mining. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brunsvigia gariepensis Snijman | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Brunsvigia gariepensis Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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