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Scientific Name | Babiana cuneata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/02/10 |
Assessor(s) | T. Patel & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A widespread species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 20 820 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 148 km². It occurs along the inland arid escarpment from the Bokkeveld to Ceres on rocky habitats where it is not threatened. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and extends from the Bokkeveld Mountains and Klein Roggeveld in the Northern Cape to the interior Cold Bokkeveld as far south as Karoopoort and the foot of the Witteberg between Matjiesfontein and Laingsburg in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on dry rocky sandstone or dolerite slopes and flats in arid fynbos or renosterveld, or karroid bush. |
Threats |
| This species has no severe threats. It has lost only 4% of its habitat (calculated using landcover data in GIS). |
Population |
There are many recent observations of this species on iNaturalist indicating that it occurs at more than 40 locations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| It was previously included by Lewis (1959) in the species that she called Babiana truncata (now B. flabellifolia) but comparison of live plants shows that the population from the south of the range of that species represent a distinct species, geographically and edaphically separated from B. truncata (Goldblatt and Manning 2004). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana cuneata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2004. Taxonomic notes and new species of the southern African genus Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 34(2):87-96.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2007. A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae, Crocoideae. Strelitzia 18:1-97. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Lewis, G.J. 1959. The genus Babiana. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 3:1-149.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Patel, T. & Raimondo, D. 2021. Babiana cuneata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/22 |
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