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Scientific Name | Gethyllis kaapensis D.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/17 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A Cape Peninsula endemic, known from three subpopulations, two of which have been lost as a result of urban development. There are fewer than 250 plants at the remaining subpopulation in the Cape Peninsula National Park. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Coastal fynbos, seasonally moist flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to urban expansion around Cape Town has caused the local extinction of at least two known subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Cape Peninsula National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gethyllis kaapensis D.Müll.-Doblies | EN D | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Gethyllis kaapensis D.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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