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Scientific Name | Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. var. erectifolia G.J.Lewis, Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. var. sulphurea in sense of G.J.Lewis (1959), not of (Jacq.) Baker (misapplied name), Gladiolus strictus Aiton |
Common Names | Bobbejaantjie (a), Bobbejaanuintjie (a), Katjetie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/09 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 22 000 km², this relatively widespread species occurs mainly in a restricted habitat of moist clays. It has lost 47% of subpopulations over the past 120 years due to crop cultivation and urban expansion. Its habitat continues to be transformed for agriculture and urban developments and is being degraded due to encroachment from invasive alien grasses. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg and Cape Peninsula to Worcester and Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Waterlogged clay or gravely soils in renosterveld or fynbos. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/05/22 |
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