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Scientific Name | Albuca bifolia Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum diphyllum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Ornithogalum soleae J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A.P. Dold |
Justification | A narrowly distributed (EOO 1034 km²), but fairly common species, estimated to occur at between 10 and 20 locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Grahamstown to Alexandria. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Savanna |
Description | Sandy soils in thicket and thornveld, 0-650 m. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations around Grahamstown are threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion, while southwards towards Alexandria, much of this species' habitat has been converted to crop fields, and loss is ongoing. |
Population |
Plants generally occur singly or in small clumps (MartÃnez-AzorÃn et al. 2012), but it is fairly common around Grahamstown (A.P. Dold pers. comm. 2014).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca bifolia Baker | NT B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | | Albuca bifolia Baker | Least Concern | 2013.1 | | Albuca bifolia Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
MartÃnez-AzorÃn, M., Crespo, M.B., Dold, A.P. and Barker, N.P. 2012. The identity of Albuca bifolia (Hyacinthaceae), and the description of two related new species, A. anisocrispa and A. pseudobifolia, from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Systematic Botany 37(3):599-605.
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. & Dold, A.P. 2014. Albuca bifolia Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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