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Scientific Name | Ixia paniculata D.Delaroche |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Morphixia paniculata (D.Delaroche) Baker, Morphixia paniculata (D.Delaroche) Baker var. tenuiflora (Vahl) Baker |
Common Names | Kalossie (a), Pypkalossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/31 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that has declined on the Cape coastal lowlands and the Cape Peninsula, but is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Mountains north of Nieuwoudtville to the Cape Peninsula and Kleinmond. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally damp sandy soils in seeps or drainage lines, on sandstone slopes and coastal flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to urban expansion, crop cultivation and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species is declining on the Cape lowlands due to habitat loss to urban expansion, crop cultivation and dense infestations of alien invasive plants, and have become rare on the Cape Flats (Goldblatt and Manning 2011). Numerous old records indicate that it was once common on the Cape Peninsula. However, a large number of recent survey records by volunteers of the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) Programme indicates that it can still be found in a number of places on the Cape lowlands. Subpopulations in montane areas are not threatened.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia paniculata D.Delaroche | 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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2011. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 3. Sections Hyalis and Morphixia. Bothalia 41(1):83-134.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Ixia paniculata D.Delaroche. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/12 |
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