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Scientific Name | Drimia pauciflora Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Drimia angustifolia Baker, Thuranthos basuticum (E.Phillips) Oberm., Urginea basutica E.Phillips |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/11 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | Taxonomic uncertainty around the validity of this species currently prevents assessment of its risk of extinction - the type specimen for this taxon could not be located/found. It is possibly not sufficiently distinct from D. basutica or D. macrantha. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia angustifolia Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thuranthos basuticum (E.Phillips) Oberm. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Thuranthos basuticum (E.Phillips) Oberm. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Govaerts, R. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1, 2:1-492, MIM, Deurne.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2018. Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. 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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2023. Drimia pauciflora Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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