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Scientific Name | Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Roggeveldia fistulosa Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, L. von Staden & R.C. Turner |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 632 km²) endemic to the Hantam-Roggeveld Centre of Endemism. There are no severe threats to the population and it is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Hantam and northern Roggeveld Escarpment from Calvinia and Middelpos. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Plants grow on dry stony flats. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this species (P. Goldblatt pers. comm. 2005). |
Population |
This species is known from three widely scattered subpopulations. It is however highly likely to be overlooked as it flowers in the middle of summer, well outside the peak flowering season for the Hantam region.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt | LC | 2020.1 | | Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Roggeveldia fistulosa Goldblatt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.
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 |
| Goldblatt, P., von Staden, L. & Turner, R.C. 2017. Moraea fistulosa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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