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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum bicolor Haw., Ornithogalum coarctatum Jacq., Ornithogalum hermannii F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum revolutum in sense of Ker Gawl., not of Jacq. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | African Wonder Flower (e), Chincherinchee (e), Chinkerinchee (e), Common Chincherinchee (e), Gewonetjienkerientjiee (a), Star-of-bethlehem (e), Tjienkerientjiee (a), Tjienkerintjee (a), Viooltjie (a), Witviooltjie (a), Wonder Flower (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/10 |
Assessor(s) | R.R. Klopper, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula and Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Lowland shale or loamy soils, most common in seasonally moist sites. |
Population |
The most common Ornithogalum species in the south-western Cape. If flourishes under disturbance, particularly overgrazing, and is extremely common even in very degraded areas.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Manning, J.C., Martínez-Azorín, M. and Crespo, M.B. 2007. A revision of Ornithogalum subgenus Aspasia section Aspasia, the chincherinchees (Hyacinthaceae). Bothalia 37(2):133-164.
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 |
| Klopper, R.R., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2012. Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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