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Scientific Name | Moraea cooperi Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Gynandriris apetala (L.Bolus) R.C.Foster, Gynandriris stenocarpa (Schltr.) R.C.Foster, Moraea apetala L.Bolus, Moraea stenocarpa Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/25 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 7100 km². Subpopulations are declining rapidly due to crop cultivation and urban development. Remaining subpopulations are severely fragmented and all except the Elandsberg subpopulation are under threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tulbagh to Worcester to Caledon and Stanford. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet flats, in sandy soil or rocky alluvium at the base of high mountains. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea cooperi Baker | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea cooperi Baker | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Moraea cooperi Baker | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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. 2006. Moraea cooperi Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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