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Scientific Name | Trachyandra smalliana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2016/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer, J.E. Victor, R.C. Turner & H. Mtshali |
Justification | EOO <2288 km², five known locations are potentially threatened by trampling and grazing by livestock, and alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern Drakensberg Mountains, Underberg and Maclear. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Wet cliffs. |
Threats |
| The quality of habitat is severely degraded in the Eastern Cape due to livestock overgrazing, and is likely to be threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trachyandra smalliana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | EN B1ab(iii) | 2017.1 | | Trachyandra smalliana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 |
| Archer, C., Victor, J.E., Turner, R.C. & Mtshali, H. 2016. Trachyandra smalliana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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