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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum gifbergense D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Known only from the type collection, and described in 1996, but duplicates were never distributed to South African herbaria. The species was segregated from Ornithogalum ciliiferum based on its specialized habitat and other minor morphological differences. In a Conspectus of the Cape Flora (Goldblatt and Manning 2000) O. gifbergense was treated as conspecific to O. ciliiferum but not formally synonymised, and the name is upheld in the most recent classification of the genus (Manning et al. 2009). If it is a distinct species, O. gifbergense is likely to be a range-restricted habitat specialist, but unlikely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Gifberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy soils below overhanging rocks. |
Threats |
| Unknown, but unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum gifbergense U.& D.Müll.-Doblies | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Ornithogalum gifbergense D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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