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Scientific Name | Moraea calcicola Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/25 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, D. Raimondo & K. Naidoo |
Justification | A highly range-restricted species (EOO 60 km²), known from three locations, all of which have fewer than 200 mature individuals. Declining due to urban expansion of Saldanha and limestone mining for cement. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Saldanha. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld |
Description | Limestone hills. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea calcicola Goldblatt | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea calcicola Goldblatt | Endangered | 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. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, 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. & Naidoo, K. 2006. Moraea calcicola Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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