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Scientific Name | Daubenya namaquensis (Schltr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Neobakeria namaquensis Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Daubenya namaquensis is a range-restricted habitat specialist endemic to Namaqualand, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1955 km². It occurs in a remote area and is not suspected to be threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs on semi-arid flats east of O'kiep and Springbok in the Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld, Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland |
Description | It is localized to deep red sands along drainage lines. |
Threats |
| No threats to this species are known or suspected. Less than 5% of its habitat is irreversibly modified. |
Population |
Plants occur in small colonies (Manning and Van der Merwe 2002), however no data on the number of mature individuals is available. As there are no severe threats, the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Daubenya namaquensis (Schltr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Van der Merwe, A.M. 2002. Systematics of the genus Daubenya (Hyacinthaceae: Massonieae). Bothalia 32(2):133-150.
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. 2018. Daubenya namaquensis (Schltr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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