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Scientific Name | Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Scilla lepida N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species has an extremely limited distribution range (EOO 11 km²), and is known from two to three locations. A continuing decline is inferred from ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Palala district, eastern Waterberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Waterberg Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Seeps in Combretum Woodland. |
Threats |
| There is ongoing expansion of crop fields in the Lephalala River Valley that is likely to impact this species. |
Population |
Ledebouria lepida is a rare and poorly known species, last recorded in the 1980s. Since then there has been ongoing expansion of crop fields, but as locality descriptions for historical records are imprecise, it is not possible to determine how much the population has been impacted. Field surveys are needed.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Venter, S. 1993. A revision of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Unpublished MSc. Thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
Venter, S. 2008. Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62:85-155.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03 |
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