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Scientific Name | Nerine huttoniae Schönland |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold, C. McMaster & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Nerine huttoniae has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 6484 km². Six known locations are declining due to habitat loss to crop cultivation and overgrazing, and it is therefore listed as Vulnerable under the criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Great Fish River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Upper Karoo, Albany Broken Veld, Southern Karoo Riviere, Fish Arid Thicket |
Description | It grows in sandy alluvial flats within floodplains. |
Threats |
| Its habitat, which is comprised of rich alluvial soil in floodplain, is highly suitable for agricultural crops. Three of the six recorded subpopulations have suffered extensive loss of habitat to crop cultivation and loss is continuing. Subpopulations in the former Ciskei have suffered declines as a result of habitat degradation due to livestock overgrazing and trampling. Subpopulations around Cradock fall within an area earmarked for large scale shale gas extraction, and could decline significantly in future. |
Population |
There is currently no available information on the species' population.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| This species has recalcitrant seeds that are easy to cultivate and grow. Assisted colonisation into suitable but currently unoccupied habitat within its natural range is a possible conservation intervention. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nerine huttoniae Schönland | VU B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Nerine huttoniae Schönland | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Nerine huttoniae Schönland | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Nerine huttoniae Schönland | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C. In prep. Conspectus of the flora of the Eastern cape. Strelitzia.
Dold, A.P. and Weeks, D. 2000. Nerine huttoniae: a rare eastern Cape endemic from the Fish River. Veld & Flora 86:14-15.
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.
McMaster, C. and McMaster, R. 2004. Nerine huttonniae up the creek? New populations of this rare endemic nerine in the upper reaches of the Fish River and its tributaries. Veld & Flora 90(2):71.
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.
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Citation |
| Dold, A.P., McMaster, C. & Raimondo, D. 2016. Nerine huttoniae Schönland. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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