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Scientific Name | Ledebouria confusa S.Venter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | N. Hahn & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 18 392 km²), but rarely recorded species. It is possibly overlooked, and more common than the few, scattered records suggest. The population is not declining and it is not threatened over the majority of its range, and therefore it is not considered to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread, but scattered occurrence across north-eastern North West Province, Limpopo, western Mpumalanga and northern Gauteng. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Rocky quartzitic hills or knolls in grassland to open scrub, occasionally also on the margin of woodlands. |
Threats |
| This species has no severe threats in North West and Limpopo Province. Agricultural expansion, particularly crop cultivation, does not appear to have affected populations of this species as its habitat is unsuitable to cultivation. It appears to thrive in overgrazed and degraded areas (Hahn 2013). In Gauteng it is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion around Pretoria. |
Population |
This species is known from seven widely scattered subpopulations. It is possibly overlooked and confused with other species. Most subpopulations are thriving in spite of ongoing habitat degradation, and only a small proportion of the population in the southern part of this species' range is affected by habitat loss.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria confusa S.Venter | LC | 2017.1 | |
Bibliography |
Hahn, N. 2013. Rare, endangered and endemic flora of the North West Province. Unpublished Report to the Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government.
Venter, S. 2008. Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62:85-155.
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Citation |
| Hahn, N. & von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria confusa S.Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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