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Scientific Name | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. violacea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 8342 km², between 10 and 20 locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to agriculture and urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Ceres to Worcester and Barrydale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo, Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Tanqua Karoo, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Ceres Shale Renosterveld, Montagu Shale Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos, Kouebokkeveld Shale Fynbos |
Description | Clay soils in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Around Worcester and De Doorns, subpopulations are threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion. Around Gydo, the Warm Bokkeveld east of Ceres, and Barrydale, this subspecies continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to expanding crop cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. violacea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | NT B1ab(iii) | 2014.1 | | Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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. 2014. Moraea tripetala (L.f.) Ker Gawl. subsp. violacea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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