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Scientific Name | Moraea namaquana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Hexaglottis namaquana Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/12/08 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from one subpopulation. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Spektakel Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld |
Description | Hard, stony, clay soil, sometimes covered with white quartzite. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea namaquana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hexaglottis namaquana 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.
Goldblatt, P. 1987. Systematics of the southern African genus Hexaglottis (Iridaceae-Iridoideae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74(3):542-569.
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. & von Staden, L. 2006. Moraea namaquana (Goldblatt) Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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