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Scientific Name | Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Ornithogalum polyphlebium Baker, Ornithogalum prasinum Ker Gawl. |
Common Names | Gifbol (a), Maerman (a), Maermanbol (a), Maermanui (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Albuca prasina is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | It is widespread across the central arid interior of South Africa, extending into Botswana and Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | This species grows in dry sandy flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Ornithogalum prasinum Lindl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Leighton, F.M. 1945. A revision of the South African species of Ornithogalum L. Part III. Journal of South African Botany 11:135-185.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2011. HYACINTHACEAE: Albuca gariepensis (Ornithogaloideae), a new species of A. subgen. Namibiogalum from Gordonia, South Africa, and A. prasina transferred to Ornithogalum. Bothalia 41(2):314-319.
Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. and Goldblatt, P. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58(1):77-107.
Müller-Doblies, U. and Müller-Doblies, D. 1996. Revisionula incompleta Ornithogalorum Austro-Africanorum (Hyacinthaceae). Feddes Repertorium 107(5-6):361-548.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1978. Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species. Bothalia 12(3):323-376.
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. 2012. Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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