Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Lachenalia convallarioides Baker
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
HYACINTHACEAE
Synonyms
Lachenalia convallarioides Baker var. robusta Baker
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Endangered D
Assessment Date
2005/09/05
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold
Justification
Known from one site and 50 mature individuals. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Grahamstown.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos
Description
South-facing rocky quartzite outcrops, 17-1800 m.
Threats
Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lachenalia convallarioides BakerCR DRaimondo et al. (2009)
Lachenalia convallarioides BakerIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Lachenalia convallarioides BakerIndeterminate Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Dold, A.P. 1998. A revision of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 28(2):141-149.


Duncan, G. 2004. TSP collection sheet.


Duncan, G.D. and Anderson, F. 1999. Lachenalia convallaroides. Flowering Plants of Africa 56:24-29.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2005. Lachenalia convallarioides Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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