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Scientific Name | Cyrtanthus wellandii Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2004/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from one location. Potentially threatened by illegal collecting for the horticultural trade. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Information redacted, contact SANBI |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sundays Mesic Thicket |
Description | Coastal renosterveld, in well-drained, loamy soils. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering] |
Population |
C. wellandii is known only from a single population on the coastal forelands overlooking the Kabeljouws River Valley in the Hankey District. It is locally abundant in well drained loamy soils, amongst occasional quartzite rocks. (Snijman 1999).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyrtanthus wellandii Snijman | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyrtanthus wellandii Snijman | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Cyrtanthus wellandii Snijman | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Cowley, W. 2000. The discovery of Cyrtanthus wellandii - A morning hike leads to the discovery of a new species of Cyrtanthus. 86(4):174-175.
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.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 1999. New species and notes on Cyrtanthus in the southern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 29(2):258-263.
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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Cyrtanthus wellandii Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2026/08/13 |
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