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Scientific Name | Chlorophytum fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AGAVACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum conrathii Baker, Anthericum fasciculatum Baker, Anthericum hereroense Schinz, Anthericum hereroense Schinz var. longibracteatum Poelln., Anthericum lydenburgense Poelln., Anthericum subulatum Baker, Anthericum wilmsii Diels ex Poelln. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across northern and eastern South Africa, also widespread across southern Africa, including Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland, 20-1400 m. |
Population |
C. fasciculatum is a common grassland species (Obermeyer 1962).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chlorophytum fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu | 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.
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 fasciculatum (Baker) Kativu. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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