Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyrtanthus flavus P.E.Barnes
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2005/04/04
Assessor(s)
A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from one location which is a municipal commonage. Potentially threatened by livestock overgrazing and alien plant invasion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Bathurst, Trappe's Valley.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Eastern Coastal Thornveld
Description
Seasonally waterlogged grassland on loose, sandy soils.
Threats
The only known population of this species is confined to a municipal reserve/town commonage where it is potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyrtanthus flavus P.E.BarnesVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyrtanthus flavus P.E.BarnesInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Cyrtanthus flavus P.E.BarnesUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Dold, A.P. and Victor, J.E. 2003. Fire lilies and hotspots: A closer look at the conservation status of two rare fire lilies, Cyrtanthus flavus and Cyrtanthus staadensis, from the Albany Centre of Endemism. Veld & Flora 89(2):66-67.


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.


Phillipson, P.B. 1995. What is the Albany hot-spot? The Naturalist 39:14-19.


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.


Reid, C. and Dyer, R.A. 1984. A review of the southern African species of Cyrtanthus. The American Plant Life Society, La Jolla, California.


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.


Citation
Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Cyrtanthus flavus P.E.Barnes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10

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