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Scientific Name | Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta subsp. natalensis J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 173 km², plants at an estimated less than 10 locations continue to decline due to habitat loss to urban expansion and infrastructure development, overgrazing and trampling by cattle, alien plant invasion and habitat degradation as a result of the removal of woody vegetation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Lower Umgeni and Tugela River valleys. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld |
Description | Rocky slopes and river valleys. |
Threats |
| Threatened by expansion of human settlements, overgrazing and trampling by cattle, alien plant invasion, road and other infrastructure construction and habitat degradation due to removal of woody vegetation. |
Population |
This is a very cryptic species and very easily overlooked (A.P. Dold pers. comm.), which explains why it was only very recently discovered in KwaZulu-Natal. Although the lower Umgeni River Valley is highly transformed and the species is likely to be very threatened there, the lower Tugela River Valley still contains many natural and inaccessible sites where subpopulations of this species could survive (Manning et al. 2009). Therefore, although there are currently only three known subpopulations, we are assuming that there are highly likely to be other undiscovered subpopulations.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta subsp. natalensis J.C.Manning | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C., Styles, D.G.A. and Crouch, N.R. 2009. Hyacinthaceae: A new subspecies of Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Hyacinthoideae) from KwaZulu-Natal. Bothalia 39(2):231-233.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta subsp. natalensis J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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