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Scientific Name | Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Hexaglottis brevituba Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | An endemic to the Gariep centre, known from four locations in South Africa (EOO 835 km²), and declining as a result of overgrazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia and the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland, Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland, Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld |
Description | Stony lower slopes. |
Threats |
| All recorded subpopulations in South Africa are threatened by livestock overgrazing and trampling. The whole of this species range within South Africa falls in land that is communally owned and that is currently overstocked with livestock, and lower slopes and flats are already severely degraded. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt | EN B1ab(iii) | 2015.1 | | Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1987. Systematics of the southern African genus Hexaglottis (Iridaceae-Iridoideae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74(3):542-569.
Goldblatt, P. 1998. Reduction of Barnardiella, Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis. Homeria, and Roggeveldia in Moraeae (Iridaceae: Irideae). Novon 8:371-377.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2015. Moraea brevituba (Goldblatt) Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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