Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hessea pilosula D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2004/07/20
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor
Justification
A habitat specialist with no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Steinkopf to Hondeklipbaai.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Anenous Plateau Shrubland, Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Sand Fynbos
Description
Seasonal washes in deep, loose sand and also recorded on deep, red coastal sands.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hessea pilosula D.& U.Müll.-DobliesRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Hessea pilosula D.& U.Müll.-DobliesLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Hessea pilosula D.& U.Müll.-DobliesRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Müller-Doblies, D. and Müller-Doblies, U. 1992. De Liliifloris notulae 4: Notes on Hessea (including Kamiesbergia : Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa.). Gleditschia 20(1):15-20.


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. 1992. Notes on the Strumariinae (Amaryllidaceae : Amaryllideae): six new taxa in Strumaria and Hessea from the central and northwestern Cape, South Africa, and southern Namibia. Bothalia 22(1):1-11.


Snijman, D.A. 1994. Systematics of Hessea, Strumaria and Carpolyza (Amaryllideae: Amaryllidaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16:1-162.


Snijman, D.A. 1999. A new species, notes on subgeneric taxa, and new synonyms in Hessea (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae) from South Africa. Novon 9(1):107-110.


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.


Citation
Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Hessea pilosula D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10

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