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Scientific Name | Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Scilla baurii Baker, Scilla bella Markötter, Scilla diphylla Baker, Scilla oostachys Baker, Scilla sandersonii Baker, Scilla tysonii Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across the eastern escarpment of South Africa, from the Wolkberg southwards to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, Midlands and Pondoland to the Amathole Mountains and the Eastern Cape coast near East London. Also occurring in Swaziland and possibly in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Shallow soils among rocky outcrops in montane grassland. On the Mpumalanga and Limpopo escarpment it is commonly found along the edges of shallow seeps. |
Population |
This species is most common in KwaZulu-Natal (Venter 1993).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J. and Venter, S. 2003. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 3. The re-instatement of L. ensifolia, L. galpinii and L. sandersonii. Bothalia 33(1):49-51.
Venter, S. 1993. A revision of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Unpublished MSc. Thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/15 |
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