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Scientific Name | Drimia calcarata (Baker) Stedje |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Drimia loedolffiae Van Jaarsv., Drimia modesta (Baker) Jessop, Urginea calcarata (Baker) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Urginea modesta Baker, Urginea natalensis Baker, Urginea pretoriensis Baker, Urginea rubella Baker, Urginea tenella Baker |
Common Names | Khoho-ea-lefika (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/11 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | A widespread temperate species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 654 304 km². It is not threatened, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It is widely distributed throughout temperate southern and southeastern South Africa, from the Eastern Cape to Limpopo, Lesotho, and Eswatini, and north into the east tropical areas. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in seasonally damp grassland in seeps and rock flushes and on moist cliffs, sometimes on rocks along streams. |
Threats |
There are no threats to this species. |
Population |
It is known from many supbopulations and is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Drimia loedolffiae Van Jaarsv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Drimia calcarata (Baker) Stedje | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Drimia modesta (Baker) Jessop | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Urginea modesta Baker | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2018. Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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Citation |
Mtshali, H. 2023. Drimia calcarata (Baker) Stedje. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/18 |