| IUCN Species Information Service (SIS) Toolkit |
| Assessment Report | |
| Taxonomy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | LILIOPSIDA | ASPARAGALES | ASPARAGACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Drimiopsis reilleyana |
| Species Authority: | U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | Ledebouria reilleyana (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
|---|---|
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 |
| Year Assessed: | 2023 |
| Assessor/s: | Braun, K. |
| Reviewer/s: | Raimondo, D. |
| Contributor/s: | |
| Facilitator/s: | |
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| Justification: This species is known from only two locations, where it is potentially threatened by overgrazing and trampling by game and livestock. Based on its very restricted extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) of 8 km2 it has been assessed as Vulnerable under Criterion D. | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
|---|---|
| Range Description: | This plant is known from two subpopulations in the Eswatini lowveld. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; |
| Population | |
|---|---|
| Population: | This plant is known from two subpopulations, represented by three herbarium collections first collected in 1981 by the Muller-Doblies in Mkhaya Game Reserve, and then found again at this locality and another one nearby in 2000. No detailed population information was recorded. There have been no recent searches for this species therefore the population trend is unknown. |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species is known from the savanna biome, occurring in Delagoa Lowveld (SVI4) and Granite Lowveld (SVI3) vegetation types (Mucina et. al. 2018). No additional habitat information is currently available. |
| List of Habitats: | 2 Savanna 2.2 Savanna - Moist |
| Threats | |
|---|---|
| Major Threat(s): | No information is currently available on threats to this species. However, since it occurs in a Game Reserve it faces the potential threat of trampling and overgrazing by large game species. |
| List of Threats: | 2 Agriculture & aquaculture 2.3 Livestock farming & ranching 2.3.4 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded |
| Conservation Actions | |
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| Conservation Actions: | This plant is known from two subpopulations, one within Mkhaya Game Reserve. The reserve is not managed for plant conservation, so might not provide any protection for this species. There is no current information on the population status, or on the life history or ecology of this species. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | 1 Land/water protection 1.2 Resource & habitat protection 3 Species management 3.4 Ex-situ conservation 3.4.2 Genome resource bank |
| Bibliography | |
|---|---|
| Bachman,
S., Moat, J., Hill, A.W., de la Torre, J. and Scott, B. 2011.
Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial
conservation tool. In: Smith V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data
publishing in biodiversity science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186. | |
| Citation: | - |