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Scientific Name | Chlorophytum krookianum Zahlbr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AGAVACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum magnificum Poelln., Chlorophytum longipedunculatum H.M.L.Forbes |
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, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across the Limpopo and Mpumalanga escarpment, from the Wolkberg to Barberton, also occurring in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg and Midlands, extending as far south as Port St Johns on the Eastern Cape Coast. It also occurs in Swaziland and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Moist places among rocks in grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chlorophytum krookianum Zahlbr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 krookianum Zahlbr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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