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Scientific Name | Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Scilla petiolata Van der Merwe |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/08/26 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, A.J. Hankey & L. von Staden |
Justification | Ledebouria remifolia is a rare and localized species. There are five known locations, and two are potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mpumalanga Escarpment, Blyde River Canyon to Kaapsehoop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Shallow, grey sandy soils in Black Reef Quartzite grasslands. |
Threats |
| Much of this species' grassland habitat has been converted to timber plantations in the past. This threat has however ceased as plantations are no longer expanding, and most of the remaining habitat is now protected. Subpopulations in fire breaks and small grassland fragments among plantations are however vulnerable to spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants, particularly escaping pine seedlings. At least one subpopulation is potentially threatened by mining. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter | VU D2 | 2017.1 | |
Bibliography |
Van der Merwe, F. 1941. Scilla petiolata. Flowering Plants of Africa 21:t. 832.
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 Unpublished MSc.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 |
| Lötter, M., Hankey, A.J. & von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/03 |
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