Drimia ecklonii (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2018:81)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Urginea ecklonii Baker in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35: 6 (1892); Austronea ecklonii (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig in Phytotaxa 365: 107 (2018); Drimia ligulata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt in Taxon 63: 1330 (2014)
Treated as a synonym of Fusifilum depressum by (POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019), but it is accepted by POWO as of July 2025 (POWO, 2025).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered [by implication]
Listed as Extinct by (Hall & Veldhuis, 1985 fide Humphreys et al., 2019), but it is known to be extant today (von Staden & Mtshali, 2023), and was thus Rediscovered by implication.
Distribution & Habitat
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hall, A. V. and Veldhuis, H. A. (1985). South African red data book: 1-160. CSIR, Pretoria.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Manning, J. C. and Goldblatt, P. (2007). New species of Drimia (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) allied to Drimia marginata from Western and Northern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 27(2):183-187.
Manning, J. C. and Goldblatt, P. (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J. C. and Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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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.
von Staden, L. and Mtshali, H. (2023). Drimia ecklonii (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/24.