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Scientific Name | Lachenalia schlechteri Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Lachenalia unifolia Jacq. var. schlechteri (Baker) W.F.Barker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/03/18 |
Assessor(s) | G.D. Duncan & H. Mtshali |
Justification | Lachenalia schlechteri is a widespread, but rare and poorly known species. It has no severe threats, and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is widespread across the Northern and Western Cape provinces, where it occurs from the Kamiesberg in southern Namaqualand southwards to the Olifants River Valley and Klawer. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in stony clay or deep sandy soils in a wide variety of habitats, including renosterveld, arid fynbos and succulent karoo. |
Threats |
| This species may have declined in the past in the southern part of its range due to habitat loss to agricultural expansion. Currently it has no severe threats (Duncan 2012). |
Population |
Lachenalia schlechteri has a scattered, disjunct distribution and is known from only a few records. Plants occur singly or in small groups. It is possibly overlooked, as particularly the northern part of its range remains botanically still relatively poorly explored. The population trend is not known. It is possibly declining or locally extinct around Gouda due to habitat loss to agricultural expansion - it was last recorded in this area in 1894.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia unifolia Jacq. var. schlechteri (Baker) W.F.Barker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 |
| Duncan, G.D. & Mtshali, H. 2020. Lachenalia schlechteri Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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