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Scientific Name | Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ledebouria violacea (Hutch.) Tjaden, Scilla laxiflora Baker, Scilla paucifolia Baker, Scilla socialis Baker, Scilla violacea Hutch. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | A.J. Hankey & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Widespread across the Eastern Cape, from Hankey to East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Savanna |
Description | Closed evergreen woodland or scrub forest in river valleys. |
Threats |
| There are no known significant past, ongoing or future threats that are likely to lead to this taxon's extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Jessop, J.P. 1970. Studies in the bulbous Liliaceae: 1. Scilla, Schizocarpus and Ledebouria. Journal of South African Botany 36(4):233-266.
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.
Venter, S. 1993. A revision of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Unpublished MSc. Thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
Venter, S. 2008. Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62:85-155.
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Citation |
| Hankey, A.J. & von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/15 |
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