Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Synonyms
Kamiesbergia stenosiphon Snijman
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2007/08/10
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor
Justification
Recorded from only five sites. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of its habitat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Namaqualand, Kamiesberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos
Description
Loamy soils in seasonally moist crevices and gullies on large granite outcrops.
Threats
None known occurs on granite domes where it is safe from agriculture and severe livestock grazing.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.& U.Müll.-DobliesRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.& U.Müll.-DobliesLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) 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.


Hilton-Taylor, C. Unpublished. Succulent Karoo Red Data List (version 1997 - in preparation). SANBI.


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. 1991. Kamiesbergia, a new monotypic genus of the Amaryllideae-Strumariinae (Amaryllidaceae) from the north-western Cape. Bothalia 21:125-128.


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., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10

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