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Scientific Name | Bulbine quartzicola G.Will. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/23 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from less than five locations. Potentially threatened by livestock grazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Southern Richtersveld to Bulletrap Pass and central Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | On pebbly, quartzite pavements and ledges. |
Threats |
Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Bulbine quartzicola G.Will. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Williamson, G. 1996. New Bulbine species (Asphodelaceae) from the northwestern Cape. Haseltonia 4:13-23.
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Citation |
Archer, C. & Victor, J.E. 2008. Bulbine quartzicola G.Will. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |