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Scientific Name | Lachenalia judithiae G.D.Duncan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species, which in spite of habitat loss on the coastal lowlands, is still common and not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Greyton to George, and inland to Montagu and the Kouga Mountains south of Willowmore. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Heavy, stony clay soils on flats and lower south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| This species has lost habitat to crop cultivation across the Overberg lowlands, and in this area, only small remnants of natural vegetation remains, where surviving subpopulations continues to be threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation. On the coast around Mossel Bay it is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development. Subpopulations in inland mountainous areas are however not threatened. |
Population |
In spite of extensive habitat loss on the coastal lowlands, this species is still common.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia judithiae G.D.Duncan | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Lachenalia judithiae G.D.Duncan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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