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Scientific Name | Albuca unifolia (Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum unifolium Retz., Ornithogalum unifolium Retz. var. vestitum U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia through Namaqualand, Bushmanland and Roggeveld to Tanqua Karoo and western Little Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Arid areas, deep sands, granite outcrops and quartz gravel plains. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum unifolium Retz. var. unifolium | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum unifolium Retz. var. vestitum U.& D.Müll.-Doblies | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. and Goldblatt, P. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58(1):77-107.
Müller-Doblies, U. and Müller-Doblies, D. 1996. Revisionula incompleta Ornithogalorum Austro-Africanorum (Hyacinthaceae). Feddes Repertorium 107(5-6):361-548.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1978. Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species. Bothalia 12(3):323-376.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Albuca unifolia (Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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