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Scientific Name | Moraea saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered C2a(i); D |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & J.G. Claassens |
Justification | A very rare and localized habitat specialist (EOO <50 km²), known from two small subpopulations, the largest having less than 30 mature individuals, the second, less than 10, that is declining due to ongoing habitat loss to coastal development and urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vredenburg Peninsula, from Vredenburg to Jacobsbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld |
Description | Sandy soils among granite rocks. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development around Jacobsbaai and urban expansion around Vredenburg. |
Population |
This species is a very rare and localized habitat specialist, and subpopulations are small: currently there are only two known subpopulations, one consisting of fewer than 10 plants on the outskirts of Vredenburg, and a second of about 30 plants near Jacobsbaai. Surveys of granite outcrops elsewhere on the Vredenburg Peninsula, especially those around Saldanha, failed to record any further subpopulations.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | CR C2a(i); D | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. IRIDACEAE: Notes on Moraea subg. Visciramosa (Iridoideae), including new species Moraea saldanhensis from the Atlantic coast of South Africa, recognition of M. inconspicua subsp. namaquensis, and pollination biology of M. rivulicola. Bothalia 42(2):210-215.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Claassens, J.G. 2014. Moraea saldanhensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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