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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum naviculum W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | An extremely localized species (EOO<75 km²) known from one location. It has lost habitat for a railway line construction and faces a potential threat from gypsum mining and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte, Hol River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Succulent karoo on white quartz patches. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum naviculum W.F.Barker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum naviculum W.F.Barker | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Müller-Doblies, U. and Müller-Doblies, D. 1996. Revisionula incompleta Ornithogalorum Austro-Africanorum (Hyacinthaceae). Feddes Repertorium 107(5-6):361-548.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1978. Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species. Bothalia 12(3):323-376.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Ornithogalum naviculum W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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