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Scientific Name | Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop subsp. scabrida N.R.Crouch & T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/08/26 |
Assessor(s) | N.R. Crouch, T.J. Edwards & L. von Staden |
Justification | Plants at a single known location are potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation, as well as medicinal plant collecting. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Mdumbeni River Valley near Muden. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Thukela Thornveld, Mooi River Highland Grassland |
Description | Shallow soils overlying dolerite in thornveld savanna. |
Threats |
| There are currently no severe threats to this taxon, but nearby rural settlements are spreading. There is ongoing loss and degradation of natural vegetation within the river valley, mainly due to spreading crop fields, but the shallow soils where this taxon occurs may be unsuitable to cultivation. Overgrazing may cause some habitat degradation, and this taxon may be targeted for traditional medicine - typical Ledebouria ovatifolia is very popular in the ethnomedicinal plant trade (Crouch et al. 2007). |
Population |
The subpopulation at the type locality is suspected to be limited to several hundred mature individuals, but has not been counted (Crouch et al. 2007).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This assessment includes Ledebouria pustulata S.Venter, which is the same taxon, but published later (A.J. Hankey pers. comm. 2014). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Crouch, N.R., Edwards, T.J. and Beaumont, A. 2007. Ledebouria ovatifolia subsp. scabrida. Flowering Plants of Africa 60:14-19.
Venter, S. 2008. Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62:85-155.
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Citation |
| Crouch, N.R., Edwards, T.J. & von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop subsp. scabrida N.R.Crouch & T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/20 |
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