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Scientific Name | Moraea hainebachiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & J.G. Claassens |
Justification | Moraea hainebachiana has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 56 km². Eight known locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to development and mining. It is listed as Vulnerable under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Vredenburg Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld |
Description | It occurs in seasonally damp, shallow soils on limestone outcrops close to the coast. |
Threats |
| Moraea hainebachiana is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development and limestone mining. |
Population |
This species is a localized habitat specialist, but locally common in suitable habitat. The plant appears to reproduce entirely vegetatively, and form clonal clusters. Flowering and growth appears to be stimulated by good rainfall, with subpopulations appearing much smaller in years of drought (J.G. Claassens pers. obs.).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea hainebachiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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. & Claassens, J.G. 2020. Moraea hainebachiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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