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Scientific Name | Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Freesia hurlingii L.Bolus, Gladiolus refractus Jacq., Gladiolus resupinatus Pers., Montbretia refracta (Jacq.) Endl. ex Heynh., Nymanina refracta (Jacq.) Kuntze, Tritonia refracta (Jacq.) Ker Gawl., Waitzia refracta (Jacq.) Heynh. |
Common Names | Flissie (a), Klein Karoo Kammetjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/01/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & T. Patel |
Justification | This species is widespread and common, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 27 602 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 112 km². It is not in danger of extinction, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Worcester to the Gourits River Mouth and De Rust in Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in dry stony soils, shale, sandstone or limestone. |
Threats |
| This species has lost a small portion of its habitat due to agriculture (crop farming) and livestock grazing in some parts of its range. |
Population |
It is a relatively common species of the dry interior valleys of the Western Cape (Manning and Goldblatt 2010), and plants are often locally abundant in the Little Karoo (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010). The population occurs in 25-30 subpopulations and has a stable trend. Only one subpopulation has population size data, where between 100-250 plants were observed in Sandkraal in 2004.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. Botany and horticulture of the genus Freesia. Strelitzia 27:1-114. 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Patel, T. 2021. Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/08 |
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