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Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Crinum acaule Baker

Higher Classification

Monocotyledons

Family

AMARYLLIDACEAE

National Status

Status and Criteria

Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)

Assessment Date

2007/09/29

Assessor(s)

C.R. Scott-Shaw, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor

Justification

EOO 6200 km², suspected to occur in less than 20 locations in South Africa. This Maputaland endemic has experienced significant habitat loss to cashew nut and forestry plantations.

Distribution

Endemism

Not endemic to South Africa

Provincial distribution

KwaZulu-Natal

Range

Eastern Maputaland and KwaZulu-Natal north of the Umfolozi River to southern Mozambique.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna

Description

Coastal grassland on arid, sandy flats.

Population

Population trend

Decreasing

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Crinum acaule Baker	NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Crinum acaule Baker	Lower Risk - Least Concern	Victor (2002)
Crinum acaule Baker	Lower Risk - Near Threatened	Scott-Shaw (1999)
Crinum acaule Baker	Not Threatened	Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Crinum acaule Baker	Rare	Hall et al. (1980)

Bibliography

Archer, R.H. and Condy, G. 1999. Crinum acaule. Flowering Plants of Africa 56:36-40.

Golding, J.S. 2002. Southern African plant red data lists. No. 14. SABONET, Pretoria.

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.

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.

Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.

Verdoorn, I.C. 1973. The genus Crinum in Southern Africa. Bothalia 11:27-52.

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.

Citation

Scott-Shaw, C.R., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Crinum acaule Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/05

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