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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum synanthifolium F.M.Leight. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Umtata to Grahamstown and Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Moist or marshy grassland along streams and in valleys. |
Population |
Often occurs in dense colonies.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum synanthifolium F.M.Leight. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | |
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., MartÃnez-AzorÃn, M. and Crespo, M.B. 2007. A revision of Ornithogalum subgenus Aspasia section Aspasia, the chincherinchees (Hyacinthaceae). Bothalia 37(2):133-164.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Ornithogalum synanthifolium F.M.Leight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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