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Scientific Name | Cyrtanthus aureolinus Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/08/10 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from one site. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Damp habitats on northern foothills, occurs on sandstone-loam interfaces that are permanently waterlogged. |
Threats |
| No threats - plants are protected in a private nature reserve. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyrtanthus aureolinus Snijman | Critically Rare | 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. 2007. Notes on new and misunderstood taxa of Cyrtanthus (Amaryllidaceae: Cyrtantheae) from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Afirca. Bothalia 37(1):1-8.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cyrtanthus aureolinus Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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