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Scientific Name | Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum namaquanum U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies, not Albuca namaquensis Baker (1897) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2012/04/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A poorly known and taxonomically problematic species. As currently circumscribed, this is a widespread species that is unlikely to be threatened, however, the large disjunction in distribution may indicate unresolved taxa that may be range-restricted or threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand between Steinkopf and Garies and around Saldanha. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Deep sands on flats as well as quartzitic ridges and crevices on rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| Unknown, possibly threatened by habitat loss to mining in Namaqualand and coastal development on the West Coast. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Ornithogalum namaquanum was described in 1996 (Müller-Doblies and Müller-Doblies 1996) from material collected in Namaqualand and the Cape West Coast near Saldanha, but no voucher specimens were deposited in South African herbaria and subsequently the species was treated as a synonym of Ornithogalum suaveolens by Goldblatt and Manning (2000). However, as the result of a molecular analysis the taxon was reinstated and transferred to the genus Albuca (Manning et al. 2009). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2012.1 | |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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