| Scientific Name | Aristea ecklonii Baker | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | IRIDACEAE | Common Names | Blousterre (a), Blue Stars (e), Ikhambi Eliluhlaza (z), Ikhwanyana (z), Umabhanjana (z), Umafosi (z), Umhushuza (z) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2021/06/14 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Aristea ecklonii is widespread and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 470939 km². There are more than 100 subpopulations known and it is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga | Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Soutpansberg in northern Limpopo Province to the southern Cape. It is widespread through eastern and tropical Africa as far as Cameroon. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Northern Mistbelt Forest, Scarp Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Transkei Coastal Belt, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Southern Afrotemperate Forest, St Francis Dune Thicket, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Knysna Sand Fynbos, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Woodbush Granite Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Southern Coastal Forest, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Ironwood Dry Forest, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld | Description | It occurs in shaded moist habitats at the margins of forests, or along streams and in dry river beds in forests, 0-2000 m. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Aristea ecklonii Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Goldblatt, P. 1993. Iridaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 4):1-102. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Vincent, L.P.D. 1985. A partial revision of the genus Aristea (Iridaceae) in South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Transkei and Ciskei. South African Journal of Botany 51(4):209-252.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2021. Aristea ecklonii Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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