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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum filicaule J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Neopatersonia namaquensis G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/15 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & G.D. Duncan |
Justification | Known from fewer than five locations in the Kamiesberg area. Potentially threatened by crop cultivation, infrastructure expansion and overgrazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Blomveld |
Description | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland or mountain renosterveld on stony slopes in soils derived from granite. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Neopatersonia namaquensis G.J.Lewis | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Neopatersonia namaquensis G.J.Lewis | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Neopatersonia namaquensis G.J.Lewis | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Duncan, G.D. 2005. Ornithogalum filicaule J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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