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Scientific Name | Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. subsp. elandsmontana Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1 |
Assessment Date | 2007/01/02 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This subspecies is likely to have lost habitat to wheat cultivation. It is known from one site where there are fewer than 350 mature individuals. It is not currently threatened as it occurs in a well managed private nature reserve. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Foot of the Elandskloof Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Stony granite and clay soils and flats. |
Threats |
| Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. subsp. elandsmontana Goldblatt | VU D1 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. subsp. elandsmontana Goldblatt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1986. The Moraeas of Southern Africa: a systematic monograph of the genus in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 14:1-224. National Botanic Gardens in association with the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, Cape Town.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. subsp. elandsmontana Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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