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Scientific Name | Bulbine louwii L.I.Hall |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from fewer than five sites, a habitat specialist that only occurs in quartz patches. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bitterfontein and Platbakkies to southern Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | In open patches amongst quartz pebbles. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine louwii L.I.Hall | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bulbine louwii L.I.Hall | Rare | 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.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Bulbine louwii L.I.Hall. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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