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Scientific Name | Babiana tubaeformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Babiana longiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. var. grandiflora G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2022/09/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.C. Manning, P. Goldblatt, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | This species has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of <100 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 12 km². Plants are found on three small, isolated fragments, which continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. It is therefore listed as Critically Endangered under criteria B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It is endemic to South Africa, and is known only from flats at the foot of the Piketberg and Porterville Mountains in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on stony sandstone ground in transitional fynbos-renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Agricultural expansion has severely reduced the available habitat of this species, and only a few fragments remain. Further loss to crop fields continues. Habitat fragments continue to be degraded due to a lack of fire, alien plant invasion and heavy grazing. |
Population |
This species has lost 90% of its habitat to agricultural expansion, and is now extremely rare. It is known three small fragments that at 15 km apart between Piketberg, Het Kruis and Piekenierskloof Pass.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana longiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | CR D | 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.
Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C. and Gereau, R. 2008. Two new species of Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from western South Africa, new names for B. longiflora and B. thunbergii, and comments on the original publication of the genus. Bothalia 38(1):49-55.
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 |
| Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2022. Babiana tubaeformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/17 |
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