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Scientific Name | Moraea helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (EOO 1 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Central Namaqualand, Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland |
Description | Seasonal seeps and marshes in granite fynbos. |
Threats |
| This species has no immediate threats (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2011). |
Population |
This species is currently known from a single, localized subpopulation. Similar, suitable habitat in this species' range remains poorly explored, and it is likely to occur westwards to the Stalberg, and further south to the foothills of the Rooiberg (N.A. Helme pers. comm. 2014).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. Systematics of the hypervariable Moraea tripetala complex (Iridaceae: Iridoideae) of the southern African winter rainfall zone. Bothalia 42(2):111-135.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2014. Moraea helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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