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Scientific Name | Albuca transvaalensis Mogg |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum transvaalense (Mogg) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A very poorly known species from a section of Albuca that is still in need of revision, and may be insufficiently distinct from Albuca glauca to warrant recognition as a separate species (Germishuizen et al. 2006). If it is a valid species, however, it is likely to be in severe danger of extinction as it is range restricted and confined to South Africa's most extensively transformed province. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng |
Range | Pretoria and Johannesburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Slopes, ridges and flats in open thornveld. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation due to urban development, and degradation of remaining habitat fragments due to encroachment of alien invasive plants and inappropriate fire management. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca transvaalensis Mogg | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 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.
Verdoorn, I.C. 1947. Albuca transvaalensis. Flowering Plants of Africa 26:t. 1009.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Albuca transvaalensis Mogg. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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