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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum thunbergianulum D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A very widespread (EOO 36 232 km²) species. Although threatened in some areas by habitat loss, it is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Sutherland to Worcester and Ladismith, with one record from the Baviaanskloof near Steytlerville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Gravelly karroid hills, steep, rocky south-facing slopes and alluvial deep sand. |
Threats |
| Most collections are from Worcester and the Little Karoo, where some subpopulations on lower slopes and flats are threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion and crop cultivation. Subpopulations in rocky crevices on steep slopes are however unlikely to be threatened. This species is likely to be overlooked elsewhere within its range, rather than rare, and unlikely to be declining to extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum thunbergianulum U.& D.Müll.-Doblies | Least Concern | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
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 thunbergianulum D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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