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Scientific Name | Wachendorfia brachyandra W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HAEMODORACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 5200 km², known from 10 locations. Since 1940, 40% of recorded locations have gone extinct. There is a continuing decline due to alien plant invasion, crop cultivation and urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hermon to the Cape Peninsula and Franschhoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Damp sandstone or granites. |
Threats |
| At least 40% of locations known through historical collections have gone locally extinct due to habitat loss to urban expansion, mostly over the past 60 years, and habitat loss is continuing. Around Elgin this species' habitat has also been extensively transformed for fruit orchards and forestry plantations. Invasion by alien plants is causing ongoing habitat degradation at a number of remaining locations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wachendorfia brachyandra W.F.Barker | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,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. and Linder, H.P. 1992. Morphology, evolution and taxonomy of Wachendorfia (Hoenodoraceae). Bothalia 22(1):59-75.
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., Turner, R.C. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Wachendorfia brachyandra W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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