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Scientific Name | Lachenalia inconspicua G.D.Duncan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | G.D. Duncan & L. von Staden |
Justification | Lachenalia inconspicua is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 26 133 km², and is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs in Eastern Namaqualand and Bushmanland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland, Namaqualand Strandveld, Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland, Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland, Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Bushmanland Arid Grassland |
Description | It grows in deep red gravelly sand, calcrete flats and at the base of hills. |
Threats |
| Lachenalia inconspicua is not threatened (Duncan 2012). |
Population |
This species is locally common. It occurs as scattered individuals or in small clumps in suitable habitat (Duncan 2012). There are no severe threats to this species and therefore the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia inconspicua G.D.Duncan | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G. 1997. Five new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of South Africa. Bothalia 21(1):7-15.
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 |
| Duncan, G.D. & von Staden, L. 2017. Lachenalia inconspicua G.D.Duncan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/30 |
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