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Scientific Name | Albuca karachabpoortensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum karachabpoortense U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A poorly known, taxonomically problematic taxon. Based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld, near Lekkersing. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Gravelly quartz and granite flats. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by habitat degradation due to overgrazing. |
Population |
A rare and poorly known species, known from only two collections.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Conservation |
| Not known from any formally protected areas. |
Notes |
| This species is known from two collections, made in the 1980s and reported in the literature (Müller-Doblies and Müller-Doblies 1996) from the area around Lekkersing in the Richtersveld. No duplicate vouchers were ever deposited in South African herbaria, in spite of such claims in the literature (Müller-Doblies and Müller-Doblies 1996), and to date, no other South African collections could be successfully matched to the description of this species, and its validity remains doubtful. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum karachabpoortense 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.
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. 2015. Albuca karachabpoortensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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