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Scientific Name | Geissorhiza burchellii R.C.Foster |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/08/19 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & T. Patel |
Justification | This is a montane species that flowers only after fire and is thus poorly collected. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 13 176 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 72 km². It is known from at least 20 subpopulations and is not suspected to be threatened. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | An endemic species to the Western Cape province, South Africa, extending from the Slanghoek Mountains south and east through the Hottentots Holland Mountains to the Langeberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in stony, sandstone ground, mostly on south-facing slopes, blooming well only after fire. |
Threats |
| This species has no known threats. |
Population |
It is known from at least 20 subpopulations and the population trend is inferred to be stable.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| An attractive but poorly known species from the Western Cape Mountains, flowering only after fires. It is easily confused with G. grandiflora, G. tabularis and the more widespread G. ramosa. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Geissorhiza burchellii R.C.Foster | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geissorhiza burchellii R.C.Foster | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Geissorhiza burchellii R.C.Foster | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1985. Systematics of the southern African genus Geissorhiza (Iridaceae-Ixioideae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 72(2):277-447.
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. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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 |
| Goldblatt, P. & Patel, T. 2021. Geissorhiza burchellii R.C.Foster. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/14 |
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