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Scientific Name | Moraea aspera Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Homeria spiralis L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/08 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, D. Raimondo & K. Naidoo |
Justification | This species has an area of occupancy (AOO) of less than 20 km². It is known from three locations and is potentially threatened by agricultural expansion. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It occurs in the Bokkeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hantam Karoo, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Plants grow on tillite clay soils in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| 80% of the species' range is gone because of agriculture (P. Goldblatt and J. Manning 2005). Data from conservation farming state that it is restricted to 2 vegetation types: (1) NV Tillite Renosterveld North sands, which had 31.12 km² of which 80% has been transformed and the remaining area is 6.1 km² and (2) the Nieuwoudtville Renosterveld/Karoo mosaic that had 22.3 km², 30% of its area has been transformed leaving just 14.88 km² still intact. The remaining area of vegetation type is 20.98 km²; given that this species only occurs on Northern slopes its AOO within these vegetation types is definitely less than 20 km². |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea aspera Goldblatt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Homeria spiralis L.Bolus | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Homeria spiralis L.Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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. & Naidoo, K. 2005. Moraea aspera Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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