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Scientific Name | Drimia intricata (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum intricatum Baker, Asparagus cuscutoides Burch. ex Baker, Drimia cuscutoides (Burch. ex Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Schizobasis angolensis Baker, Schizobasis buchubergensis Dinter, Schizobasis cuscutoides (Burch. ex Baker) Benth. & Hook., Schizobasis dinteri Krause, Schizobasis gracilis R.E.Fr., Schizobasis intricata (Baker) Baker, Schizobasis macowanii Baker, Schizobasis schlechteri Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across the drier areas of southern Africa, from southern Angola to South Africa, where it is absent from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Drakensberg, as well as Lesotho. In eastern Africa it extends as far north as Ethiopia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Desert, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky places in seasonally dry areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drimia intricata (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Drimia intricata (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Drimia cuscutoides (Burch. ex Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | 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.
Manning, J., Deacon, J. and Goldblatt, P. 2014. A review of the Schizobasis group of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae), and the new species D. sigmoidea from Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 94:263-269.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Drimia intricata (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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