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Scientific Name | Drimia montana A.P.Dold & E.Brink |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Drimia montana is a rare, range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 2335 km². It is known from three subpopulations, but is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the mountains of the Eastern Cape interior, where it has been recorded from widely scattered localities in the Groot Winterberg, Bosberg and Stormberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland |
Description | It occurs on flat, exposed sandstone rock slaps in arid montane grassland. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is well-protected and it is not threatened. |
Population |
This species is known from three widely scattered localities. Intensive surveys of the vegetation of the Great Winterberg did not locate any additional subpopulations, and it is therefore assumed to be rare. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia montana A.P.Dold & E.Brink | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. and Brink, E. 2006. Notes on African plants: Drimia montana (Urgineoideae), a new species from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 36(1):64-66.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2018. Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. 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. 2019. Drimia montana A.P.Dold & E.Brink. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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