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Scientific Name | Thereianthus bracteolatus (Lam.) G.J.Lewis |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Beilia spicata (Thunb.) Kuntze var. triticea, Beilia triticea (Thunb.) Eckl., Gladiolus bracteolatus Lam., Gladiolus punctatus (Andrews) Roem. & Schult., Gladiolus subulatus Vahl, Gladiolus triticeus Thunb., Ixia punctata Andrews, Micranthus triticeus (Thunb.) Heynh., Watsonia punctata (Andrews) Ker Gawl., Watsonia punctata Ker Gawl. var. triticea (Thunb.) Baker, Watsonia subulata Klatt, Watsonia triticea (Thunb.) Spreng. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/24 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, J.C. Manning & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species, that is mostly well-protected and unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, Kogelberg and eastwards to the coastal mountains near Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flats and lower slopes below 1000 m. |
Threats |
| This species has declined in the past due to habitat loss to urban expansion on the Cape Flats. Remaining subpopulations on the Cape Peninsula are however mostly well-protected within the Table Mountain National Park. Large sections of this species' montane habitat is also well-conserved in the Hottentots Holland and Kogelberg mountains. Some subpopulations on the lower coastal mountain ranges between Kleinmond and Bredasdorp are threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thereianthus bracteolatus (Lam.) G.J.Lewis | 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. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41(2):239-267.
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., Manning, J.C. & von Staden, L. 2014. Thereianthus bracteolatus (Lam.) G.J.Lewis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/29 |
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