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Scientific Name | Lachenalia corymbosa (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Hyacinthus corymbosus L., Massonia corymbosa (L.) Ker Gawl., Periboea corymbosa (L.) Kunth, Polyxena corymbosa (L.) Jessop, Scilla corymbosa (L.) Ker Gawl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/02 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Seven of 14 locations have been lost to crop cultivation and urban expansion over the past 100 years, and over 90% of its EOO has been transformed. The remaining seven locations are severely fragmented across a large range (EOO 15 000 km²). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Citrusdal to Gordon's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally inundated clay flats. |
Threats |
| Agriculture was a severe past threat with over 90% of its habitat lost to crop cultivation in the past 70 years. Decline due to cultivation is ongoing but moderate.
Urban expansion was a severe past threat. Many of the extinct locations are from the Strand, Cape Flats and Paarl areas. Seasonally wet flats at Harmony flats in the Strand area have experienced 50% loss of habitat in the past three years to development. Development is also an ongoing threat around Faure and Gordon's Bay. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia corymbosa (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Polyxena corymbosa (L.) Jessop | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Lachenalia corymbosa (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/14 |
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