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Scientific Name | Freesia sparrmannii (Thunb.) N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Gladiolus sparrmanii (Thunb.) N.E.Br., Ixia sparrmanii (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult., Meristostigma sparrmanii (Thunb.) Steud. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2021/01/11 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, D. Raimondo, L. von Staden & T. Patel |
Justification | This is a localized but locally abundant species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of less than 8 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 8 km². It is not declining despite habitat transformation and degradation. Globally, it is listed as Least Concern, and nationally, as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Langeberg foothills near Grootvadersbos in Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in forest margins in loamy clay. |
Threats |
| This species has lost 89% of its habitat (calculated using landcover data in GIS). Although this species' habitat is extensively transformed and degraded, it does not appear to have impacted the population. It can still be found growing in the same area where it was first collected in 1775 (P. Goldblatt pers. comm.). |
Population |
This highly localized, but locally abundant species continues to thrive despite extensive degradation, transformation and disturbance of its habitat. Plants can be found growing on roadside banks and cuttings, in pastures and exotic timber plantations, and among invasive thickets of wattle. The population numbers many thousands of plants (P. Goldblatt pers. comm.) and is not declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Freesia sparrmannii (Thunb.) N.E.Br. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Freesia sparrmannii (Thunb.) N.E.Br. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1982. Systematics of Freesia Klatt (Iridaceae). Journal of South African Botany 48(1):39-91.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Goldblatt, P., Raimondo, D., von Staden, L. & Patel, T. 2021. Freesia sparrmannii (Thunb.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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