Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Ornithogalum sardienii Van Jaarsv.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
HYACINTHACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2006/11/12
Assessor(s)
E.J. van Jaarsveld & L. von Staden
Justification
Known only from the type locality (EOO<10 km²) near Calitzdorp where it was collected by Van Jaarsveld in 1990. Not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Wynandsrivier near Oudtshoorn.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Eastern Little Karoo, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket
Description
Enon Conglomerate hillsides.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Ornithogalum sardienii Van Jaarsv.Critically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Ornithogalum sardienii Van Jaarsv.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
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.


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.


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.


Van Jaarsveld, E. 1994. Ornithogalum sardienii, a new dwarf succulent bulb from the Little Karoo. Bradleya 12:32-35.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
van Jaarsveld, E.J. & von Staden, L. 2006. Ornithogalum sardienii Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19

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