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Scientific Name | Tritonia lancea (Thunb.) N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia lancea Thunb., Ixia pectinata Vahl, Montbretia lacerata Baker var. pectinata (Vahl) Baker, Tritonia crispa (L.f.) Ker Gawl. var. pectinata (Vahl) Baker, Tritonia pectinata (Vahl) Ker Gawl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/01/29 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A Piketberg endemic (EOO<75 km²) known from two locations where it is threatened by fruit and protea orchards on the plateau and by invasive alien pines on the slopes. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes and plateaus. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tritonia lancea (Thunb.) N.E.Br. | EN B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
De Vos, M.P. 1999. Ixia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 7 Iridaceae Part 2: Ixioideae, Fascicle 1: Ixieae:3-87. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Turner, R.C., Manyama, P.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Tritonia lancea (Thunb.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2021/09/19 |
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