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Scientific Name | Albuca patersoniae Schönland |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum patersoniae (Schönland) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 4441 km²), but very poorly known species, last collected in 1959. It is likely to be declining due to ongoing habitat loss to urban and industrial development, however, this species belongs to a section of Albuca still in need of revision, and it may not be sufficiently distinct from Albuca setosa to warrant recognition as a species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Port Elizabeth to East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Coastal thornveld. |
Threats |
| All known collections are from the coastal plain between Port Elizabeth and East London where there is ongoing, extensive habitat loss to urban and industrial development. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Albuca patersoniae is a poorly known species belonging to a section of Albuca still in need of revision. It is doubtfully distinct from Albuca setosa (Germishuizen et al. 2006). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca patersoniae Schönland | Data Deficient | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Germishuizen, G., Meyer, N.L., Steenkamp, Y. and Keith, M. (eds). 2006. A checklist of South African plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 41 SABONET, 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.
Schönland, S. 1912. The species of Albuca found in the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth (with descriptions of 2 new species). Albany Museum Records II(IV):259-263.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Albuca patersoniae Schönland. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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