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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum inclusum F.M.Leight. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO 32 km², known from one historical location in the Botterkloof Valley. It occurs in an area that is heavily transformed by crop cultivation and degraded by livestock grazing. The current threat of rooibos tea cultivation is causing ongoing destruction of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Doorn River Valley northeast of Clanwilliam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo |
Description | Karoo shrubland on sandy soils. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation, particularly rooibos tea, and by habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing by livestock. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum inclusum F.M.Leight. | CR B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ornithogalum inclusum F.M.Leight. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Ornithogalum inclusum F.M.Leight. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Ornithogalum inclusum F.M.Leight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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