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Scientific Name | Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable* B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld, D. Raimondo & P.C.V. Van Wyk |
Justification | Recorded from fewer than five locations in South Africa (EOO 2427 km²), this species is declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. This taxon qualifies as Endangered in South Africa, however as over 50% of the global population occurs in Namibia, where it is not threatened, the regional status is downgraded by one category following IUCN regional assessment procedures. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Sperrgebiet (Namibia) and Gariep Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland, Anenous Plateau Shrubland, Western Gariep Lowland Desert, Western Gariep Plains Desert, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | On slopes in micaceous schist and on flats in quartz gravel. |
Threats |
| Directly threatened by habitat loss to open-cast mining and the associated degradation of its habitat as a result of wind blasting from mining sand deposits. This taxon is also declining as a result of severe overgrazing and trampling in the area between Alexander Bay and Kortdoring. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter | VU* B1ab(ii,iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Gibbs Russell, G.E., Reid, C., van Rooy, J. and Smook, L. 1985. List of species of southern African plants, edn 2, Part 1. Cryptograms, Gymnosperms, Monocotyledons. (2 ed., Vol. 51). Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sölch, A., Roessler, H. and Merxmüller, H. 1970. Liliaceae. Prodromus einer flora von Südwestafrika 147:1-75.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J., Raimondo, D. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Bulbine rhopalophylla Dinter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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