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Scientific Name | Lachenalia capensis W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Lachenalia capensis has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 178 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 40 km². It is known from eight to 10 locations and is declining due to ongoing habitat loss and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Cape Peninsula, in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on rocky slopes, predominantly on granite. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations outside the Table Mountain National Park are threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion, as well as competition from alien invasive plants. The loss to urban expansion is ongoing in the Simon's Town and Hout Bay areas and there are declines due to alien plant invasion around Smitswinkel Bay and Red Hill. |
Population |
Plants occur singly or in small clumps (Duncan 2012). A continuing population decline is inferred from ongoing habitat loss and degradation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia capensis W.F.Barker | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Barker, W.F. 1949. Plantae Novae Africanae: Lachenalia capensis. Journal of South African Botany 15:38.
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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. & Raimondo, D. 2019. Lachenalia capensis W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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