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Scientific Name | Lachenalia martleyi G.D.Duncan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & G.D. Duncan |
Justification | Last seen in 1929, in an area now extensively modified. Searches for surviving individuals have thus far failed, and this species may already be extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Somerset West. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Boland Granite Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Acidic, seasonally moist, loamy clay soils. |
Threats |
| The area where this species was last recorded is now extensively modified, predominantly for the cultivation of vineyards, and more recently the development of housing estates, with loss continuing. Very few remnants of natural vegetation where this species could still be found remains. |
Population |
This species was last collected from the wild in 1929, and cultivated material was last recorded in 1935 (Duncan 2012). Searches in the area where the species was last recorded have thus far failed to locate any surviving individuals (G.D. Duncan pers. comm. 2014).
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia martleyi G.D.Duncan | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Duncan, G.D. 2014. Lachenalia martleyi G.D.Duncan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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