Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hessea pulcherrima (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Synonyms
Dewinterella pulcherrima (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies, Gemmaria pulcherrima D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2004/07/20
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from nine collection sites, although it has lost habitat to wheat cultivation, the clay soils on which it occurs are no longer being converted to wheat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Bokkeveld Escarpment.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Hantam Karoo, Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld
Description
Seasonally damp places in heavy clay soils.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hessea pulcherrima (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Hessea pulcherrima (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Hessea pulcherrima (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanRare/Vulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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.


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. 1985. De Liliifloris notulae 2: De taxonomia subtribus Strumariinae (Amaryllidaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 107:17-47.


Müller-Doblies, D. and Müller-Doblies, U. 1994. De Liliifloris notulae 5. Some new taxa and combinations in the Amaryllidaceae tribe Amaryllideae from arid Southern Africa. Feddes Repertorium 105:331-363.


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.


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 pulcherrima (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/23

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