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Scientific Name | Brunsvigia comptonii W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/25 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bushmanland to the Tanqua Karoo and Laingsburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Open patches of loamy or shaly soils on plains, plateaus and along seasonal watercourses. |
Population |
Populations vary from less than 100 plants in small, open patches to several thousands of plants along seasonal floodplains (Snijman 2012).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brunsvigia comptonii W.F.Barker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2013. Brunsvigia comptonii W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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