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Scientific Name | Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2004/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from one location. Potentially threatened by damage from porcupines digging in search of other species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld |
Description | Soil pockets on granite domes. |
Threats |
| Changes in native species dynamics |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
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. 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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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