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Scientific Name | Lachenalia angelica W.F.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | G.D. Duncan & L. von Staden |
Justification | Two to three locations are potentially threatened by mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Hondeklipbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Seasonally moist flats and gentle, west-facing quartz slopes. |
Threats |
| There was no past decline, but there is the possibility of a future decline due to mining. |
Population |
A locally common species. There are only a few subpopulations, but these each number thousands of individuals (Duncan 2012).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia angelica W.F.Barker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia angelica W.F.Barker | Rare | 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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. Unpublished. Succulent Karoo Red Data List (version 1997 - in preparation). SANBI.
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. & von Staden, L. 2019. Lachenalia angelica W.F.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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