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Scientific Name | Babiana framesii L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Babiana framesii L.Bolus var. framesii |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2021/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | E. Marinus & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species is confined to the area around Nieuwoudtville, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 310 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 56 km². It is not threatened, and is listed globally as Least Concern, and nationally as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, and is restricted to the Bokkeveld Plateau in the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville in the western Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | It grows on rocky dolerite outcrops in karroid scrub. |
Threats |
| While surrounding habitat has been lost to crop cultivation this species occurs in safe sites between rock cracks, where porcupines, sheep and ploughing machines are unable to access the plants. There are therefore no known threats to this species. |
Population |
It is known from four subpopulations. The population is stable and not declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana framesii L.Bolus | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Babiana framesii L.Bolus var. framesii | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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Citation |
| Marinus, E. & Raimondo, D. 2021. Babiana framesii L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/20 |
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