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Scientific Name | Gethyllis gregoriana D.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/19 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from 13 subpopulations scattered over an area of 4000 km². All subpopulations consist of very few individuals. There are no significant threats to this species and only a minor historical loss due to cultivation in Nieuwoudtville. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville to Biedouw Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Agter-Sederberg Shrubland, Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld, Citrusdal Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Arid clays or sandstone derived soils on flats. |
Threats |
| Slight decline in the past due to crop cultivation in the Nieuwoudtville region, less than 5% of subpopulations effected. |
Population |
Nowhere is the species very abundant and plants are seldom seen.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gethyllis gregoriana D.Müll.-Doblies | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Müller-Doblies, D. 1986. De Liliifloris notulae 3. Enumeratio specierum generum Gethyllis et Apodolirion (Amaryllidaceae). Willdenowia 15(2):465-471.
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. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Gethyllis gregoriana D.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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