Varkstertlelie

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Common Names
Varkstert Ui (a), Varkstertlelie (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)
Assessment Date
2004/07/20
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor
Justification
EOO 133 km², AOO < 133 km², four out of eight known locations were lost to urban expansion in the past 50 years, and this species continues to decline.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Uitenhage to Port Elizabeth.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Sundays Valley Thicket, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Bethelsdorp Bontveld
Description
Flats and lower slopes in semi-arid areas.
Threats
Habitat loss to urban expansion is a severe past and ongoing threat, with four out of eight known locations already locally extinct. Overgrazing is also threatening some remaining subpopulations.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.EN B1ab(i,ii,iii)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.EN B1B2abcVictor (2002)
Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.Vulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.Vulnerable 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.


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. 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. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Cyrtanthus spiralis Burch. ex Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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