Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Ornithogalum paludosum Baker
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
HYACINTHACEAE
Synonyms
Anthericum carnosum Baker, Anthericum quadrifidum Poelln., Bulbinella carnosum (Baker) Baker, Elsiea flanaganii (Baker) F.M.Leight., Ornithogalum ebulbe Schltr., Ornithogalum flanaganii Baker, Ornithogalum gracile Baker (later homonym), not of K.G.Hagen (1819), Ornithogalum gracilentum Baker, Ornithogalum lineare Baker, Ornithogalum oostachyum Baker, Ornithogalum uitenhagense Poelln.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2005/08/03
Assessor(s)
R.R. Klopper & J.E. Victor
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Ornithogalum paludosum BakerLeast 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.


Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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.


Citation
Klopper, R.R. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Ornithogalum paludosum Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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