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Scientific Name | Wurmbea hiemalis B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | COLCHICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A Cape Peninsula endemic (EOO 540 km², AOO <540 km²) now restricted to between five and 10 remaining subpopulations. A number of historical locations have been lost to urban expansion of the city of Cape Town. Remaining subpopulations are concentrated on the southern Cape Peninsula and are threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Damp sandy slopes in low altitude fynbos. |
Threats |
| Urban development has been a severe past threat at historic localities from Hout Bay, Lions Head and Camps Bay which are likely to have been lost to development.
All remaining localities of this species are threatened to some extent by invasive alien plants which particularly thrive in seasonally damp areas the habitat of this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Cape Peninsula National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wurmbea hiemalis B.Nord. | VU B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Nordenstam, B. 1986. The genus Wurmbea (Colchicaceae) in the Cape region. Opera Botanica 87:1-41.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2008. Wurmbea hiemalis B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/15 |
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