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Scientific Name | Gladiolus saxatilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Gladiolus lithicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, not G. lithicola Goldblatt, Gladiolus in tropical Africa 284 (1996) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Burrows, M. Lötter & L. von Staden |
Justification | A narrow endemic to the edge of Mpumalanga escarpment between Mariepskop and Graskop (EOO 200 km²). Almost the entire range of this species falls within the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, its habitat is also quite inaccessible. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mariepskop to Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Shady places on sandstone rocks and cliffs of black reef quartzite. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus saxatilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1998. Gladiolus in southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1999. New species of Sparaxis and Ixia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae) from Western Cape, South Africa, and taxonomic notes on Ixia and Gladiolus. Bothalia 29(1):59-63.
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. & von Staden, L. 2006. Gladiolus saxatilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/27 |
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