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Scientific Name | Drimia chalumnensis A.P.Dold & E.Brink |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2011/10/20 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold, J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from two locations. Potentially threatened by informal housing development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Chalumna to Keiskamma River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bhisho Thornveld, Hamburg Dune Thicket |
Description | Areas of exposed calcareous sandstone in coastal grassland. Plants occur in shallow pockets of loose, sandy soil. |
Threats |
| One of the two known subpopulations is potentially threatened by rural development. |
Population |
Plants are small and inconspicuous, and occur in aggregated colonies of up to 40 plants. This species is rare and difficult to find (Dold and Brink 2004). There are two known subpopulations, restricted to an area of ±20 km².
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia chalumnensis A.P.Dold & E.Brink | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. and Brink, E. 2004. Drimia chalumnensis (Hyacinthaceae - Urgineoideae), a new species from Eastern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 70(4):631-634.
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 |
| Dold, A.P., Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2011. Drimia chalumnensis A.P.Dold & E.Brink. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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