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Trachyandra peculiaris (Dinter) Oberm.

Asphodelaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Bulb, tuber or caudex

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Summary

Trachyandra peculiaris is a species of plant which is endemic to Namibia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Text from Wikipedia, “Trachyandra peculiaris”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Trachyandra

Trachyandra is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, as well as to Yemen and Madagascar. Many of the species are endemic to South Africa.Species Trachyandra acocksii Oberm. – Cape Province in South Africa Trachyandra adamsonii (Compton) Oberm. – Cape Province, Namibia Trachyandra affinis Kunth – Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal Trachyandra arenicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt – Cape Province Trachyandra aridimontana J.C.Manning – Cape Province Trachyandra arvensis (Schinz) Oberm. – Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia Trachyandra asperata Kunth – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini Trachyandra brachypoda (Baker) Oberm. – Cape Province Trachyandra bulbinifolia (Dinter) Oberm. – Cape Province, Namibia Trachyandra burkei (Baker) Oberm. – Botswana, Limpopo, Free State, Cape Province Trachyandra capillata (Poelln.) More on Wikipedia ›

The opening of Wikipedia, “Trachyandra”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Asphodelaceae
Described by
(Dinter) Oberm.
Native to
Namibia
Wild records
1 in range· 1 open

Also known as Anthericum peculiare Dinter.

Cultivation

Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex by the genus Trachyandra, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeNamibia
Kew's description“rhizomatous geophyte” · “desert or dry shrubland”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Trachyandra peculiaris, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Trachyandra peculiaris: Kandenge, L. & Loots, S.
IUCN (2024) · IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Occurrence Download
GBIF.Org User (2024) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Trachyandra peculiaris: Craven, P. & Loots, S.
IUCN (2004) · IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Other Trachyandra 59 in the reference

History & registers

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