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Scientific Name | Lachenalia callista G.D.Duncan & T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Cracks and crevices in sandstone rocks. |
Threats |
| One known subpopulation is potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. Elsewhere on the Piketberg it is however unlikely to be threatened - unmanaged alien invasive plants currently affect areas of the central and western Piketberg, outside of this species' known range. |
Population |
Plants occur in scattered, small clumps in suitable habitat (Duncan 2012). It is seldom collected, and is currently known from only two subpopulations from the opposite sides of the Piketberg Mountain. It is likely to also occur in the intervening areas, but more surveys are needed to determine the size and extent of the population.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia callista G.D.Duncan & T.J.Edwards | Rare | 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 callista G.D.Duncan & T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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