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Scientific Name | Babiana angustifolia Sweet |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Babiana intermedia L.Bolus, Babiana pulchra (Salisb.) G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1b(iii)+2b(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2021/02/08 |
Assessor(s) | T. Patel & N.A. Helme |
Justification | This species has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 15 084 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 576 km². It is known from at least 30 locations. It has lost 67% of its habitat to wheat cultivation and urban expansion in the last 30 years, there is ongoing slow continuing loss and degradation of its habitat to these same pressures. This species is listed as Near Threatened as it nearly meets the thresholds for listing as Vulnerable under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It is endemic to the Western Cape in South Africa. It is found from Citrusdal in the north to Somerset West in the south. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on damp to seasonally wet sandy or loamy flats and lower slopes. |
Threats |
| This species has lost 67% of its habitat (calculated using landcover data in GIS). It is under threat from agriculture, urbanization, fires, harvesting and invasive aliens. This loss is continuing at many of the remaining localities. |
Population |
It is known from at least 30 remaining extant subpopulations (monitoring data from iNaturalist), and has a generation length suspected to be 10 years. There is not much information available on the overall population numbers of this species.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana angustifolia Sweet | NT B1ab(iii) | 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.
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.
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 |
| Patel, T. & Helme, N.A. 2021. Babiana angustifolia Sweet. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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