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Scientific Name | Ixia stohriae L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Tritonia conferta Klatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 213 km²), but locally abundant species that is not threatened. Most of its habitat is protected. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains between Montagu and Barrydale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes, 300-800 m. |
Threats |
No threats. |
Population |
Plants flower only in response to fire, and are therefore rarely seen. In the first year after fire, it is however evident that this species is abundant, as was observed on the Tradouw Pass after a wildfire in 2000 (Goldblatt and Manning 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Ixia stohriae L.Bolus | Rare | 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.
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 |
Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Ixia stohriae L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |