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Scientific Name | Crinum lineare L.f. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/29 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold, W. Berrington, D.A. Snijman, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO 4600 km², it occurs in small, severely fragmented subpopulations and has lost habitat, subpopulations and individuals because of agricultural expansion and the urban expansion of Port Elizabeth. Ongoing degradation of remaining habitat is taking place as many subpopulations only exist on road verge fragments. Non-remnant locations are overgrazed by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Port Elizabeth to Peddie. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Sardinia Forest Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket |
Description | Coastal forelands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of urban and industrial expansion around Port Elizabeth, and due to crop cultivation and the spread of invasive alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crinum lineare L.f. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crinum lineare L.f. | VU B1B2abc | Victor (2002) | | Crinum lineare L.f. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Crinum lineare L.f. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Dold, A.P., Berrington, W., Snijman, D.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Crinum lineare L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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