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Scientific Name | Drimia exuviata (Jacq.) Jessop |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Drimia filifolia (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Sypharissa exuviata (Jacq.) Salisb. ex Oberm., Sypharissa filifolia (Jacq.) Salisb. ex Oberm., Tenicroa exuviata (Jacq.) Speta, Tenicroa filifolia (Jacq.) Oberm., Urginea exuviata (Jacq.) Steinh., Urginea filifolia (Jacq.) Steinh., Urginea flexuosa Adamson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/11 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This species has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 249 654 km². It is widespread and is not declining. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species has a wide distribution in the Cape provinces of South Africa, from the coastal and near-interior mountains of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, from the Bokkeveld mountains of Northern Cape southwards to the Cape Peninsula in Western Cape and eastwards to Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape, with scattered records to the northwest from Karas in southern Namibia and the Richtersveld and Nuwerus in Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on sandy or gravelly flats and rock outcrops, often in moist situations or seepages. |
Threats |
| There are threats to this species in parts of its range, but they are unlikely to cause extinction in the near future. These threats include competition from invasive alien species, harvesting, habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture and infrastructure development, and too frequent fires |
Population |
It is known from many subpopulations and 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 filifolia (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Drimia exuviata (Jacq.) Jessop | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tenicroa filifolia (Jacq.) Oberm. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2023. Drimia exuviata (Jacq.) Jessop. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/06 |
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