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Scientific Name | Chlorophytum bowkeri Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AGAVACEAE |
Synonyms | Chlorophytum nigricans Baker, Chlorophytum perlongibracteatum Poelln., Chlorophytum stamineum Zahlbr., Chlorophytum strictum Baker, Chlorophytum wilmsii Engl. & K.Krause |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Soutpansberg in Limpopo to East London, Eastern Cape. It also occurs in Lesotho, Swaziland, south-eastern Botswana and southern Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Damp places in grassland an in forest margins, 1200-2000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chlorophytum bowkeri Baker | 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.
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 bowkeri Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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