Igudu

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hypoxis colchicifolia Baker
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
HYPOXIDACEAE
Synonyms
Hypoxis distachya Nel, Hypoxis gilgiana Nel, Hypoxis latifolia Hook., Hypoxis oligotricha Baker
Common Names
Broad-leaved Hypoxis (e), Igudu (z), Ilabatheka (z), Ilabetheka (z), Ingcobo (z), Inkomfe (z), Yellow Star (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2008/01/14
Assessor(s)
V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hypoxis colchicifolia BakerLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cunningham, A.B. 1988. An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in Natal/KwaZulu. Investigational Report No. 29. Institute of Natural Resources, Pietermaritzburg.


Dold, A.P. and Cocks, M.L. 2002. The trade in medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 98:589-597.


Hawker, L.C., Lumley, M., Swartz, P., Buckas, E., Nichols, G., Crouch, N., Prentice, C. and Singh, Y. 1999. Growing a hot potato. Notes on the cultivation and propagation of Hypoxis hemerocallidea. PlantLife 21:34-36.


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.


Williams, V.L. 2007. The design of a risk assessment model to determine the impact of the herbal medicine trade on the Witwatersrand on resources of indigenous plant species. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.


Williams, V.L., Balkwill, K. and Witkowski, E.T.F. 2007. Size-class prevalence of bulbous and perennial herbs sold in the Johannesburg medicinal plant markets between 1995 and 2001. South African Journal of Botany 73(1):144-155.


Citation
Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Hypoxis colchicifolia Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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