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Scientific Name | Lachenalia barkeriana U.Müll.-Doblies, B.Nord. & D.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/21 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, L. von Staden & G.D. Duncan |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 5634 km²), occurring at between 11 and 15 locations and declining due to habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Garies to Kliprand, Loeriesfontein and Brand-se-baai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Strandveld, Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Namaqualand Blomveld, Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld, Namaqualand Sand Fynbos |
Description | Deep, red sandy soils on flats, granitic sand at the base of granite outcrops, and clay soils on alluvial plains. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations near the coast are threatened by expanding open cast sand mining. At a few known locations, plants are subjected to heavy grazing, but does not appear to be negatively impacted by grazing. |
Population |
At some locations further inland, very few plants were recorded (G. Duncan, pers. obs.), however in deep sands near the coast, subpopulations number many thousands of plants (N.A. Helme, pers. obs.).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia barkeriana U.Müll.-Doblies, B.Nord. & D.Müll.-Doblies | Rare | 2012.1 | | Lachenalia barkeriana U.Müll.-Doblies, B.Nord. & D.Müll.-Doblies | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia barkeriana U.Müll.-Doblies, B.Nord. & D.Müll.-Doblies | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 1988. Lachenalia handbook. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden 17:1-71.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. Unpublished. Succulent Karoo Red Data List (version 1997 - in preparation). SANBI.
Müller-Doblies, U., Nordenstam, B. and Müller-Doblies, D. 1987. A second species of Lachenalia subgen. Brachyscypha (Hyacinthaceae): Lachenalia barkeriana sp. nov. from southern Little Namaqualand. South African Journal of Botany 53(6):481-488.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., von Staden, L. & Duncan, G.D. 2013. Lachenalia barkeriana U.Müll.-Doblies, B.Nord. & D.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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