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Scientific Name | Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Drimia undulata Jacq., Scilla rautanenii Schinz, Scilla undulata (Jacq.) Baker, not Scilla undulata Desf., Scilla undulatifolia Poelln. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, western Bushmanland, Hantam and the northern Cederberg, extending southwards along the Western Cape coastal plain to Darling. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky slopes and flats, occurring in soils derived from gneiss, granite and sandstone, and limestone on the coast. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop | 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.
Jessop, J.P. 1970. Studies in the bulbous Liliaceae: 1. Scilla, Schizocarpus and Ledebouria. Journal of South African Botany 36(4):233-266.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Venter, S. 1993. A revision of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Unpublished MSc. Thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
Venter, S. 2008. Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62:85-155.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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