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Scientific Name | Cyrtanthus macmasteri Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/10/25 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & C. McMaster |
Justification | Known from two locations. Potentially threatened by overgrazing by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Kei River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Valley Bushveld |
Description | Areas where valley bushveld gives way to sourveld, among sandstone rocks on steep east- and south-facing river banks, 640-1100 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyrtanthus macmasteri Snijman | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2003. A new Cyrtanthus species (Amaryllidaceae: Cyrtantheae) endemic to the Albany Centre, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 33(2):145-147.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & McMaster, C. 2005. Cyrtanthus macmasteri Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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