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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum comptonii F.M.Leight. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 4054 km²) but rare species known from only seven collections. It is suspected to be overlooked, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Matjiesfontein to Prince Albert and Barrydale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Tillite slopes and shale flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat transformation within the known range of this species is very low (3%). Landuse is predominantly stock farming, which have caused degradation due to severe overgrazing particularly in the Little Karoo. Some species of Ornithogalum are poisonous to livestock and thrive under conditions of overgrazing, however, it is not known whether O. comptonii is poisonous. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum comptonii F.M.Leight. | Least Concern | 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.
Leighton, F.M. 1944. A revision of the South African species of Ornithogalum L. Parts I & II. Journal of South African Botany 10:83-122.
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 comptonii F.M.Leight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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