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Scientific Name | Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Scilla grandifolia Schönl., Scilla megaphylla Baker, Scilla microscypha Baker, Scilla zebrina Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Wolkberg in Limpopo to East London in the Eastern Cape, also extending to Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Granite Lowveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Scarp Forest, Sand Forest, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Buffels Mesic Thicket, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Shallow, humus-rich sandy soils derived from quartzite and conglomerates in moist, shaded places, often associated with forest margins. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
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 Unpublished MSc.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 |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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