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Scientific Name | Lachenalia attenuata W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/02 |
Assessor(s) | G.D. Duncan & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Lachenalia attenuata is a widespread species with no severe threats, and is therefore not in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This widespread species has a disjunct distribution in the Western and Northern Cape Provinces, where it occurs on the Roggeveld Escarpment, in the Little Karoo between the Hex River Pass and Montagu, and also near Riversdale in the Overberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in seasonally moist, gravelly soils between granite boulders and on rock ledges. |
Threats |
| Lachenalia attenuata is not threatened (Duncan 2012). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia attenuata W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.
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. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Lachenalia attenuata W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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