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Scientific Name | Bulbine monophylla Poelln. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO <100 km², one known location remain after habitat loss to wheat cultivation in the past. It continues to decline due to habitat degradation as a result of alien grass infestation and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Porterville and Tulbagh. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Edges of vleis. |
Threats |
| Most of this highly localized species' habitat has been lost to crop cultivation and only one known subpopulation remains on a small fragment of natural vegetation near Porterville. The population continues to decline due to alien grass invasion and overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine monophylla Poelln. | CR B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bulbine monophylla Poelln. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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. & Helme, N.A. 2008. Bulbine monophylla Poelln. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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