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Scientific Name | Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum etesiogaripense (U.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, not O. etesiogaripense U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | The identification of specimens and therefore the assessment of this taxon is not possible, as the type specimen has not been deposited in the South African National Herbarium (PRE) as indicated in literature. No scans of the types are available online. This taxon is likely to be threatened due to livestock overgrazing and trampling in the Richtersveld. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is distributed from southern Namibia to northern Namaqualand and Bushmanland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eenriet Plains Succulent Shrubland, Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland, Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Noms Mountain Desert, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Plants grow on dry stony and rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| It is threatened by livestock overgrazing and trampling in the Richtersveld of South Africa. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2015.1 | | Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Müller-Doblies, U. 1995. Enumeratio Albucarum (Hyacinthaceae) Austro-Africanarum adhuc cognitarum. 2. Subgenus Falconera (Salisb.) Baker emend. U.M-D. 1987. Feddes Repertorium 106(5-8):353-370.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2015. Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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