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Scientific Name | Ledebouria linioseta (A.J.Hankey & P.D.Lebatha) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Drimiopsis linioseta Hankey & Lebatha |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | A.J. Hankey & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized species (EOO and AOO <10 km²) that is potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Sekhukhuneland, Roossenekal to Tonteldoos. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sekhukhune Montane Grassland |
Description | Shaded, sheltered humus-rich pockets and crevices in rocky outcrops and at the bases of large boulders. |
Threats |
| The species has no current threats, but there is increasing mining pressure in the area, and it is potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining (Hankey et al. 2008). |
Population |
Ledebouria linioseta is a localized species, currently known from two subpopulations about 3 km apart. It is possibly overlooked, and more field surveys are needed to establish the full extent of the population (A.J. Hankey pers. comm. 2014).
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Population trend | Stable |
Bibliography |
Hankey, A.J., Buys, M.H. and Lebatha, P.D. 2008. Hyacinthaceae: Drimiopsis linioseta, a new species from the Sekhukhuneland centre of endemism, South Africa. Bothalia 38(1):72-74.
Lebatha, P.D. 2005. A systematic revision of Drimiopsis (Hyacinthaceae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of North-West, Potchefstroom.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. HYACINTHACEAE: New combinations in Ledebouria. Bothalia 42(1):47-48.
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Citation |
| Hankey, A.J. & von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria linioseta (A.J.Hankey & P.D.Lebatha) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/10/17 |
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