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Scientific Name | Bulbine melanovaginata G.Will. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2010/10/26 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO <400 km²) species, known from only two locations, although a few more may exist. Potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing and habitat loss to ongoing agricultural expansion in the Olifants River Valley. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Klawer Sandy Shrubland, Namaqualand Riviere |
Description | Stony soils on flat, open, rocky outcrops in full sun. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing and habitat loss to ongoing expansion of crop cultivation, particularly vineyards, in the Olifants River Valley. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine melanovaginata G.Will. | Threatened | 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.
Williamson, G. 2003. Three new species of Bulbine Wolf (Asphodelaceae) from the Western and Northern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Aloe 40(1):16-23.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2010. Bulbine melanovaginata G.Will. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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