| Scientific Name | Albuca longipes Baker | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | HYACINTHACEAE | Synonyms | Ornithogalum longipes (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2024/02/01 | Assessor(s) | R.R. Klopper, J.E. Victor & N.N. Mhlongo | Justification | This species has an area of occupancy (AOO) of 216 279 km² and an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 512 km². It is widespread and common and has no known threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape | Range | This species is known to occur from southern Namibia to Bushmanland and the Western Karoo, southwards to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Willowmore. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Tanqua Wash Riviere, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Tanqua Karoo, Hartenbos Dune Thicket, South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Gamka Karoo, North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Western Gwarrieveld, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket, Gouritz Valley Thicket, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos, Citrusdal Vygieveld, Robertson Karoo, Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland, Eastern Little Karoo, Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld, Anenous Plateau Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Central Knersvlakte Vygieveld, Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland, Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Ceres Shale Renosterveld, Baviaans Valley Thicket, Namaqualand Blomveld | Description | Plants grow on clay or lime slopes. |
Threats | | This species has no known threats. Suitable habitat within this species' range, particularly in the Western Cape province, continues to be degraded due to an increase in invasive alien species' infestations. |
Population | No quantitative population data are available for this species, but it is known to occur in at least 60 subpopulations. There are 24 herbaria collections of this species with the date range from 1897 to 2011, along with 164 recent observation records on iNaturalist. The population trend is inferred to be stable.
| Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca longipes Baker | 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.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation | | Klopper, R.R., Victor, J.E. & Mhlongo, N.N. 2024. Albuca longipes Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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