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Scientific Name | Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2017/04/08 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aristea fimbriata is a range-restricted species (EOO <10 km²), is known from two to three locations and is potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to Piketberg Mountain in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on rocky sandstone slopes in fynbos, 500-900 m. |
Threats |
| There are no current severe threats to this species, but due to its localized distribution it is potentially vulnerable to habitat loss to dam construction (suitable habitat near one of the two known subpopulations have been lost to dam construction), as well as establishment of fruit orchards, and spreading alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species has a highly restricted distribution range, and occurs in small, localized clumps.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1997. New species of Aristea section Racemosae (Iridaceae) from the Cape Flora, South Africa. Novon 7(4):357-365.
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.
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Citation |
| Goldblatt, P. & von Staden, L. 2017. Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/08 |
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