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Scientific Name | Chlorophytum cooperi (Baker) Nordal |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AGAVACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum adscendens Poelln., Anthericum capitatum Baker, Anthericum cooperi Baker, Anthericum nudicaule Baker, Anthericum pachyphyllum Baker, Anthericum pascuorum Poelln. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across the eastern Highveld of South Africa, extending into Lesotho and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chlorophytum cooperi (Baker) Nordal | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Kativu, S. and Nordal, I. 1993. New combinations of African species in the genus Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 13(1):59-65.
Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjora, C.S. and Nordal, I. 2008. Athericaceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 13 (Part 1):34-89. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1962. A revision of the South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra. Bothalia 7:669-767.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Chlorophytum cooperi (Baker) Nordal. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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