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Scientific Name | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. tripetala |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Iris mutila Licht. ex Roem. & Schult., Iris tripetala L.f., Vieusseuxia mutila (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) A.Dietr (later homonym), not of Eckl. (1827), Vieusseuxia tripetala (L.f.) Klatt (later homonym), not of (L.f.) Voigt (1845), Vieusseuxia tripetala (L.f.) Voigt, Vieusseuxia tripetaloides DC. (superfluous name) |
Common Names | Bloutulp (a), Dwergtulp (a), Kleinuiltjie (a), Kleinuintjie (a), Perde-uintjie (a), Tulp (a), Uiltjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards along the coastal lowlands to Knysna. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy soils on coastal plain or lower mountain slopes, as well as coastal limestone. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations on the coastal lowlands are threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion, coastal development, and competition from alien invasive plants. Those on inland mountain ranges such as the Witzenberg and Hottentots Holland mountains are not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. tripetala | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. tripetala. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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