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Scientific Name | Moraea grandis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 6178 km²), but common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Loeriesfontein to Nieuwoudtville and the Roggeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Heavy, red clay on dolerite outcrops, as well as tillite and shale derived soils. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations are threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. This area is however only marginally suitable to agriculture, with less than 5% currently irreversibly modified. Ongoing agricultural expansion is rare and sporadic, and unlikely to cause the extinction of this species in the near future. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea grandis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Least Concern | 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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Moraea grandis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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