Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Strumaria picta W.F.Barker
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Synonyms
Bokkeveldia picta (W.F.Barker) D.& U.Müll.-Doblies
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2004/07/20
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO 220 km²) with no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Bokkeveld Escarpment.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Hantam Karoo, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld
Description
Flats and slopes in greyish clay soils derived from Dwyka tillite shales.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Strumaria picta W.F.BarkerRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Strumaria picta W.F.BarkerLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Strumaria picta W.F.BarkerVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Strumaria picta W.F.BarkerUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Barker, W.F., Gerstner, J., Adamson, R.S. and Compton, R.H. 1943. Plantae Novae africanae: Strumaria picta; Strumaria pubescens. Journal of South African Botany 9:145-149.


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.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


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 Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town.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.


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. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Strumaria picta W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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