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Scientific Name | Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Gethyllis angelicae Dinter & G.M.Schulze, Klingia namaquensis Schönland |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/21 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Widespread across the Richtersveld, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld and southern Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Coastal dunes and gravelly mountain slopes in succulent karoo shrubland. |
Threats |
| Fruits are harvested for food and medicine, and plants are sometimes collected for horticultural purposes, but in spite of this, this species is still very common. Overgrazing, the most severe threat to plant species in the Richtersveld, does not appear to impact the population. |
Population |
This species occurs as scattered individuals. It persists even in severely overgrazed areas, and the population is stable.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm. | VU C2a(i) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Klingia namaquensis Schönland | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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. 2015. Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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