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Scientific Name | Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum unifoliatum (G.D.Rowley) Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 448 km²), known from fewer than five locations, and declining due to ongoing habitat degradation as a result of livestock overgrazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Steinkopf. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Quartzite patches. |
Threats |
| Most of the areas surrounding Steinkopf are communally owned, and often overstocked with livestock. Overgrazing and trampling is causing ongoing degradation of this species' habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley | EN B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Ornithogalum unifoliatum (G.D.Rowley) Oberm. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum unifoliatum (G.D.Rowley) Oberm. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2023. Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/23 |
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