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Scientific Name | Drimia haworthioides Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Drimia haworthioides is a widespread but poorly known species. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 77 700 km² and is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs from Worcester to Graaff-Reinet, Humansdorp and Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Gwarrieveld, Escarpment Arid Thicket, Grass Ridge Bontveld, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Saltaire Karroid Thicket, Bethelsdorp Bontveld, Sundays Valley Thicket, Bhisho Thornveld, St Francis Dune Thicket, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Western Little Karoo, Sundays Arid Thicket |
Description | It occurs in dry karroid areas and coastal dune thickets. |
Threats |
| Drimia haworthioides is threatened along the coast by habitat loss to urban expansion, industrial development and coastal development. Around Bonnievale, Swellendam and Ladismith its habitat has been fragmented due to loss to agriculture. Subpopulations further inland in the Karoo are not suspected to be threatened. |
Population |
This is a widespread but rarely recorded species, with a few recent observations. It is possibly overlooked due to taxonomic confusion in Drimia.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia haworthioides Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, J.G. 1897. Liliaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VI (Haemodoraceae to Liliaceae):253-528. L. Reeve & Co., London.
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.
Jessop, J.P. 1977. Studies in the bulbous Liliaceae in South Africa: 7. The taxonomy of Drimia and certain allied genera. Journal of South African Botany 43(4):265-319.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Drimia haworthioides Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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