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Scientific Name | Lachenalia duncanii W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & G.D. Duncan |
Justification | Lachenalia duncanii is a recently described species known from one population at Kliprand in south-western Bushmanland. It is potentially threatened by road works. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of less than 1 km² and is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Kliprand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | It occurs in stony, deep red sand among low succulent shrubs in Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland. |
Threats |
| There are no threats to Lachenalia duncanii, except possibly the road being widened, but there are no plans to do this. The population occurs next to a major district road, which, if widened, would seriously deplete numbers. |
Population |
A few scattered individuals occur within an area no larger than 10 m². This species may well occur elsewhere within this poorly botanised region (Duncan 2012), but has not yet been found anywhere else since it was first recorded in 1985.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia duncanii W.F.Barker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia duncanii W.F.Barker | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Barker, W.F. 1989. New taxa and nomenclatural changes in Lachenalia (Liliaceae - Hyacinthoideae) from the Cape Province. South African Journal of Botany 55(6):630-646.
Duncan, G.D. 1988. Lachenalia handbook. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden 17:1-71.
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Duncan, G.D. 2017. Lachenalia duncanii W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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