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Scientific Name | Moraea filicaulis Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Moraea diphylla Baker, Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. subsp. filicaulis (Baker) Goldblatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/16 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden, L. Potter & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Knersvlakte, Olifants River Valley and the West Coast. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Hard, compacted sandy ground, limestone, and rocky granitic gravel. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. subsp. filicaulis (Baker) Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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. 2010. Moraea intermedia and Moraea vuvuzela (Iridaceae-Iridoideae), two new species fro western South Africa, and some nomenclatural changes and range extensions in the genus. Bothalia 40(2):147-153.
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 |
| Foden, W., Potter, L. & von Staden, L. 2011. Moraea filicaulis Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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