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Scientific Name | Lachenalia juncifolia Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Lachenalia esterhuysenae W.F.Barker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & G.D. Duncan |
Justification | Lachenalia juncifolia is a widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Calvinia to the Roggeveld Escarpment and Cederberg, southwards to Caledon and the southern Cape coast as far east as Herbertsdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in seasonally moist, sandy soils on rocky slopes and alluvial flats. |
Threats |
| Although this species has lost some habitat to urban expansion and agriculture on the Cape's coastal lowlands, it is not under immediate threat (Duncan 2012). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia juncifolia Baker | LC | 2020.1 | | Lachenalia juncifolia Baker var. juncifolia | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia esterhuysenae W.F.Barker | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia esterhuysenae W.F.Barker | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 1988. Lachenalia handbook. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden 17:1-71.
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, 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 |
| von Staden, L. & Duncan, G.D. 2019. Lachenalia juncifolia Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04 |
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