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Scientific Name | Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/09/17 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 149 km²) habitat specialist endemic to the Gariep Centre of Endemism, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld to Rosh Pinah in southern Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Richtersberg Mountain Desert |
Description | Vertical quartz cliffs. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is inaccessible and it is unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
Colonies are fairly small, but there are possibly many more than currently known. This species' habitat is remote, inacessible, and much of it remains poorly explored.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Richtersveld National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath | Rare | 2015.1 | | Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Williamson, G. and Baijnath, H. 1995. Three new species of Bulbine Wolf (Asphodelaceae) from the Richtersveld and the southern Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany 61(6):312-318.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2014. Bulbine pendens G.Will. & Baijnath. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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