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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum dubium Houtt. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspasia aurea (Curtis) Salisb., Ornithogalum alticola F.M.Leight. as alticolum, Ornithogalum aureum Curtis, Ornithogalum brownleei F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum citrinum Poelln. ex Schltr., Ornithogalum fergusoniae L.Bolus, Ornithogalum fimbrimarginatum F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum flavescens Jacq., Ornithogalum flavissimum Jacq., Ornithogalum gilgianum Schltr. ex Poelln., Ornithogalum leipoldtii L.Bolus, Ornithogalum miniatum Jacq., Ornithogalum miniatum Jacq. var. album E.Barnes, Ornithogalum miniatum Jacq. var. vandermerwei (E.Barnes) F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum perpulchrum Schltr. ex Poelln., Ornithogalum pillansii F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum subcoriaceum L.Bolus, Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. forma iota F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. var. aureum (Curtis) Baker, Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. var. flavissimum (Jacq.) Baker, Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. var. miniatum (Jacq.) Baker, Ornithogalum vandermerwei E.Barnes |
Common Names | Geeltjienk (a), Geeltjienkerintjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/13 |
Assessor(s) | R.R. Klopper, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, very common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Stutterheim and Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Shallow pockets of soil and crevices on stony flats, rocky slopes, or rocky streambanks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum fimbrimarginatum F.M.Leight. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum subcoriaceum L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum dubium Houtt. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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., MartÃnez-AzorÃn, M. and Crespo, M.B. 2007. A revision of Ornithogalum subgenus Aspasia section Aspasia, the chincherinchees (Hyacinthaceae). Bothalia 37(2):133-164.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Klopper, R.R., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2012. Ornithogalum dubium Houtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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