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Scientific Name | Drimia fimbrimarginata Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A recently described, range-restricted habitat specialist currently known from one location where it is potentially threatened by mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Quartz patches. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by mining. |
Population |
The species is currently known from a single population, despite intensive searches in similar habitats nearby to the only known locality (Snijman and Harrower 2009).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia fimbrimarginata Snijman | VU D2 | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Snijman, D.A. and Harrower, A.D. 2009. Hyacinthaceae: A new species of Drimia (Urgineoideae) from the Knersvlakte, Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 39(2):233-237.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Drimia fimbrimarginata Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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