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Scientific Name | Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) U.Mull.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) U.Müll.-Doblies, Albuca xanthocodon Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Ornithogalum xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread taxon with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 20 020 km², known from only a few collections, but likely to be overlooked as it occurs in a botanically poorly explored area. It is not suspected to be rare or in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | It occurs in high-lying areas of the eastern Eastern Cape Province, extending into southern Lesotho and the southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | East Griqualand Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | This taxon grows on rocky hillsides in montane grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) U.Müll.-Doblies | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XI. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42(2):227-260.
Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. and Goldblatt, P. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58(1):77-107.
Müller-Doblies, U. 2006. Enumeratio Albucarum (Hyacinthaceae) Austro-Africanarum adhuc cognitarum. 3. Additions and additional notes to Albuca subgenus. Falconera and A. subgenus. Albuca. Feddes Repertorium 117(1-2):96-138.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) U.Mull.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/06 |
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