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Scientific Name | Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, and very localized species, known from a single subpopulation of fewer than 250 mature individuals, and potentially threatened by grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, west of Springbok. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Open sandy places among granite outcrops. |
Threats |
| The area where the only known subpopulation occurs is being grazed by livestock. |
Population |
Moraea intermedia is currently known from one farm west of Springbok. Surveys of the farm by volunteers of the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) Programme indicated that this species occurs in very low numbers: less than 100 plants were found. It is possible that plants may also occur in similar habitat elsewhere in the area around Springbok.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Plants occur together with the closely related Moraea margaretae, hybrids between the two species have been observed (Goldblatt and Manning 2010). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Critically Rare | 2012.1 | | Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Critically Rare | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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