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Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer

Higher Classification

Monocotyledons

Family

AMARYLLIDACEAE

National Status

Status and Criteria

Endangered B2ab(iii,v)

Assessment Date

2007/02/08

Assessor(s)

D.A. Snijman, W. Berrington & J.E. Victor

Justification

Occurs as small, severely fragmented subpopulations and is restricted to coastal flats. The total area of available habitat is <250 kmÂ². Continuing decline due to habitat loss for coastal development.

Distribution

Endemism

South African endemic

Provincial distribution

Eastern Cape, Western Cape

Range

Great Brak River to Port Elizabeth.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Seashore Vegetation, St Francis Dune Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Goukamma Dune Thicket

Description

Coastal sands.

Threats

Coastal development is a moderate to severe ongoing threat throughout this species' range. Invasive alien plant species are a slight to moderate ongoing threat throughout this species range.

Population

Population trend

Decreasing

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer	EN B2ab(iii,v)	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer	EN B1B2c	Victor (2002)
Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer	Vulnerable	Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer	Endangered	Hall et al. (1980)

Bibliography

Dyer, R.A. 1950. A Review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 6:63-83.

Dyer, R.A. 1951. A Review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 7:44-64.

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.

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.

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.

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.

Citation

Snijman, D.A., Berrington, W. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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