Van Staaden's Fire Lily

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyrtanthus staadensis Schönland
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Common Names
Van Staaden's Fire Lily (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Near Threatened B1ab(iii)
Assessment Date
2007/09/11
Assessor(s)
W. Berrington, D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo
Justification
Occurs on steep slopes of mountains or river gorges. Known from eight locations, but likely to occur at a few additional locations in unexplored areas of the Van Stadens and Groot Winterhoek mountains. Many of the river gorges that bisect the plain between the Gamtoos and Port Elizabeth are heavily infested by invasive alien plants. Subpopulations occurring within these gorges are declining due to habitat degradation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Gamtoos River to Grahamstown.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Savanna
Description
Grassy fynbos on moist, rocky slopes.
Threats
Cyrtanthus staadensis is declining predominantly due to dense invasion of some parts of its habitat by alien plants. The majority of subpopulations are however not threatened as this species occurs on steep rocky slopes. It is potentially threatened on the Van Stadensberg by expanding forestry plantations, and some lowland subpopulations may have been lost to urban expansion in the past.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Conservation
Protected in the Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyrtanthus staadensis SchönlandNT B1ab(iii)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyrtanthus staadensis SchönlandVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Cyrtanthus staadensis SchönlandVulnerable 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. 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
Berrington, W., Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cyrtanthus staadensis Schönland. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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