Albuca nana Schönland (1912:262)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ornithogalum parvum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt in Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 549 (2003 publ. 2004)
Conservation Status
Missing (von Staden & Martínez-Azorín, 2012, 2016) or Extinct (POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1911 (von Staden & Martínez-Azorín, 2016)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Redhouse, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schönland, S. (1912). The species of Albuca found in the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth (with descriptions of 2 new species). Albany Museum Records II(IV): 259-263.
Other references:
Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Germishuizen, G., Meyer, N. L., Steenkamp, Y. and Keith, M. (eds). 2006. A Checklist of South African Plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 41. SABONET, Pretoria.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Christenhusz, M. & Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
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.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 9 May 2024]
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (eds). 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
von Staden, L. and Martínez-Azorín, M. (2012). Albuca nana Schönland. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/05/30.
von Staden, L. and Martínez-Azorín, M. (2016). Albuca nana. (errata version published in 2017) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103636653A110380358. Downloaded on 30 May 2017.
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