Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Common Names
Witkafferlelie (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2007/08/10
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo
Justification
Taxonomic problems similar to C. Clavatus (Snijman pers. comm. 2007).
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Threats
None.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Conservation
Not currently conserved in any formally protected area.
Notes
Populations are very localized and fragmented. Taxonomic problem.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm.Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm.Rare 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.


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.


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
Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10

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