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Scientific Name | Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & M. Lötter |
Justification | A highly range-restricted species (EOO 12 km²), known from 2-3 locations, and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Barberton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Legogote Sour Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Grows in humus-filled cracks on high, shady, south-facing cliffs of quartzite rocks. |
Threats |
| There apparently appears to be no serious threats to this species at present as a result of its inaccessible, inhospitable habitat. It may be sensitive to fire (Venter et al. 2006), but fires are not likely to reach the rocky cliff faces where this plant grows. Most of its habitat is within a private conservancy. Scattered alien invasive plants are present at one known location, and could potentially lead to habitat degradation if not cleared.
The type locality is near a mine, and in recent years there has been renewed interest in mining in the Barberton area. Subpopulations outside protected areas are potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining, and authorisation of mining or prospecting activities could lead to this highly range-restricted species rapidly increasing its of extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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., van Jaarsveld, E.J. and van Wyk, A.E. 2006. Ledebouria cremnophila (Hyacinthaceae), a new cliff-dwelling succulent bulbous species from the Barberton region, South Africa. Aloe 43(4):78-79.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Lötter, M. 2019. Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/04 |
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