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Scientific Name | Trachyandra chlamydophylla (Baker) Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum chlamydophylla Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/02 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | Less than 30% of this species' habitat remains after extensive loss to urban expansion, crop cultivation and spread of alien invasive plants. EOO 4882 km², and between seven and 10 remaining locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Darling to the Cape Peninsula, Gordon's Bay and Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Damp, loamy sands on lower slopes and flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss and fragmentation as a result of urban expansion and crop cultivation, as well as spreading alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Less than 30% of this species' lowland renosterveld habitat remains, and this species is now largely extinct on the Cape Flats and Cape Peninsula, where only a few subpopulations remain on small fragments among urban areas. Ongoing habitat loss and degradation is leading to a continuing decline in the population of this species.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trachyandra chlamydophylla (Baker) Oberm. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Trachyandra chlamydophylla (Baker) Oberm. | Least Concern | 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.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1962. A revision of the South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra. Bothalia 7:669-767.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2013. Trachyandra chlamydophylla (Baker) Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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