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Scientific Name | Trachyandra karrooica Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/12/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Central Namibia southwards through the Richtersveld and Namaqualand to Beaufort West, and eastwards as far as Willowmore. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky, sandy or clay soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trachyandra karrooica Oberm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S. and Manning, J.C. 2010. Notes on the genus Trachyandra (Asphodelaceae: Asphodeloideae) 1: A review of the T. thyrsoidea group (Section Trachyandra), including three new species from the Northern Cape. South African Journal of Botany 76(3):499-510.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Trachyandra karrooica Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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