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Scientific Name | Kniphofia typhoides Codd |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Notosceptrum natalense Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2ac |
Assessment Date | 2005/01/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A survey of the range of this species by C. Craib reported extensive declines in the population in the last 30 years as a result of habitat loss to coal mining, overgrazing by cattle, urban expansion (especially in Gauteng), crop cultivation in the eastern North West Province and alien plant invasion in western Mpumalanga and North West Province. The full extent of the decline is unknown, but is suspected to be over 25%. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Parys to Lydenburg to Paulpietersburg to Newcastle. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Low lying wetlands and seasonally wet areas in climax Themeda triandra grasslands on heavy black clay soils, tends to disappear from degraded grasslands. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Kniphofia typhoides Codd | NT A2ac | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Kniphofia typhoides Codd | Near Threatened | Pfab and Victor (2002) | | Kniphofia typhoides Codd | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E.W. 1969. The South African species of Kniphofia (Liliaceae). Bothalia 9:363-513.
Craib, C. 1996. Kniphofia typhoides: a spectacular species from South Africa's grasslands. Herbertia 51:48-55.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pfab, M.F. and Victor, J.E. 2002. Threatened plants of Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68:370-375.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Kniphofia typhoides Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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