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Scientific Name | Gladiolus serpenticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/13 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Burrows, M. Lötter, B. Mohamed & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Endemic to the Barberton district (Barberton Centre of Endemism). Although a slight potential threat of mining exists, the soils that this species occurs on do not contain very valuable minerals and there are no active mines in the area nor any mining applications under consideration. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Barberton and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Serpentine Sourveld |
Description | Serpentine soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus serpenticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1996. Two new edaphic endemic species and taxonomic changes in Gladiolus (Iridaceae) of southern Africa, and notes on Iridaceae restricted to unusual substrates. Novon 6:172-180.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1998. Gladiolus in southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg.
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 |
| Burrows, J.E., Lötter, M., Mohamed, B. & Kamundi, D.A. 2009. Gladiolus serpenticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/08 |
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