Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Synonyms
Gemmaria karooportensis D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D1
Assessment Date
2007/08/10
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from two small, disjunct subpopulations that together comprise fewer than 1000 mature individuals.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Southern Tanqua Karoo to Anysberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Western Little Karoo, Tanqua Karoo
Description
Succulent Karoo, in heavy Dwyka- and Ecca-derived soils on south- and east-facing slopes.
Threats
No known threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Protected in the Anysberg Nature Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanVU D1Raimondo et al. (2009)
Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanLower Risk - Near Threatened Victor (2002)
Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.& U.Müll.-Doblies) SnijmanRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Müller-Doblies, D. and Müller-Doblies, U. 1985. De Liliifloris notulae 2: De taxonomia subtribus Strumariinae (Amaryllidaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 107:17-47.


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. 1992. Notes on the Strumariinae (Amaryllidaceae : Amaryllideae): six new taxa in Strumaria and Hessea from the central and northwestern Cape, South Africa, and southern Namibia. Bothalia 22(1):1-11.


Snijman, D.A. 1992. Systematic studies in the tribe Amaryllidae (Amaryllidaceae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town.


Snijman, D.A. 1994. Systematics of Hessea, Strumaria and Carpolyza (Amaryllideae: Amaryllidaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16:1-162.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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