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Scientific Name | Bulbine haworthioides B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from one location. Potentially threatened by agriculture, collection for horticultural purposes and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte near Lutzville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Quartz gravel on hillocks. |
Threats |
| Agriculture, mining and succulent collectors. Due to its localised nature, this species is highly vulnerable to trampling, and collecting by succulent collectors. Any mining activities where subpopulations occur will also severely impact on this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine haworthioides B.Nord. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bulbine haworthioides B.Nord. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, L.I. 1984. Three new species of Bulbine (Liliaceae) from the Vanryhnsdorp district, Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 3:356.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Nordenstam, B. 1964. Studies in South African Liliaceae. II. Two small species of Bulbine. Botaniska Notiser 117(2).
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 |
| Archer, C., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2008. Bulbine haworthioides B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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