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Scientific Name | Tulbaghia leucantha Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ALLIACEAE |
Synonyms | Tulbaghia dieterlenii E.Phillips, Tulbaghia friesii Suess., Tulbaghia rhodesica Weim. |
Common Names | Fonteinknoffel (a), Mountain Wild Garlic (e), Sefothafotha (ss) |
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, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across northern and eastern South Africa, extending to Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Sandy soils in grassland and open woodland, 1000-1400 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tulbaghia leucantha Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, J.G. 1897. Liliaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VI (Haemodoraceae to Liliaceae):253-528. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Burbidge, R.B. 1978. A revision of the genus Tulbaghia (Liliaceae). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 36(1):77 - 103.
Kativu, S. 2008. Alliaceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 13 (Part 1):89-95. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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. Tulbaghia leucantha Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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