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Scientific Name | Albuca juncifolia Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Albuca imbricata F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum imbricatum (F.M.Leight.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Ceres to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Mossel Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy and calcareous flats, and stony slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss in some lowland areas, but not yet in danger of extinction. |
Population |
This species is known from many recent records, and is still considered common, in spite of ongoing habitat loss on lowlands. It is not yet considered in danger of extinction.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. juncifolia | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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. 1994. Enumeratio Albucarum (Hyacinthaceae) Austro-Africanarum adhuc cognitarum. 1. Subgenus Albuca. Feddes Repertorium 105(5-6):365-368.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Albuca juncifolia Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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