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Scientific Name | Bulbine favosa (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum favosum Thunb., Bulbine concinna Baker, Bulbine dubia Schult. & J.H.Schult., Bulbine filifolia Baker, Bulbine mayori Beauverd, Bulbine rigidula Schltr. ex Poelln., Bulbine setifera Poelln., Bulbine trichophylla Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | A very widespread and common species throughout South Africa, not in danger of extinction, it is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | This species has a wide distribution throughout South Africa. It also occurs in Lesotho and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | It occurs in wet places on rocky soil, in montane grassland. |
Threats |
| Although parts of the grassland habitat where this species occurs is threatened by transformation to agriculture, forestry plantations and urban expansion, the population is not severely threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bulbine favosa (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f | 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.
Kativu, S. 1996. Asphodelaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia 16(1):27-53.
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 |
| Mtshali, H., Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2021. Bulbine favosa (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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