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Scientific Name | Cyrtanthus mackenii Hook.f. subsp. cooperi (Baker) Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyrtanthus lutescens Herb. var. cooperi Baker, Cyrtanthus lutescens in sense of Hook.f., not of Herb. (misapplied name), Cyrtanthus mackenii Hook.f. var. cooperi (Baker) R.A.Dyer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/11 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A widespread species (EOO 36 000 km²) occurring in the moist, subalpine grasslands of the Eastern Cape. Around 15% of the grassland within this subspecies' range has been irreversibly transformed to crops and plantations and a further 30% has been severely degraded as a result of overgrazing. As subpopulations occur sparsely within this habitat we suspect a 22% habitat loss over 60 years (generation length is suspected to be 20 years). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Below the Amathole Mountains around King William's Town and Stutterheim and near East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Seasonally damp places in open grasslands. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyrtanthus mackenii Hook.f. subsp. cooperi (Baker) Snijman | NT A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C. (eds). 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity 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. 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 mackenii Hook.f. subsp. cooperi (Baker) Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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