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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum pullatum F.M.Leight. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Ornithogalum pilosum L.f. subsp. pullatum (F.M.Leight.) Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/21 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO <7200 km², a habitat specialist known from six naturally disjunct sites, no significant threats recorded. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Kamiesberg to the Hantam region between Calvinia and Nieuwoudtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | Rocky slopes and flats with heavy clay soils. |
Threats |
| No threats: This species' habitat is unsuitable for cultivation and there is no ongoing loss or degradation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum pullatum F.M.Leight. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum pilosum L.f. subsp. pullatum (F.M.Leight.) Oberm. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Ornithogalum pullatum F.M.Leight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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