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Scientific Name | Moraea alticola Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species endemic to the Drakensberg Alpine Centre of Endemism. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 23 876 km². Its habitat is well-protected and it is not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, from Mont-aux-Sources to Naude's Nek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in stream gullies, marshy grassland on summit plateaus, 2200-2900 m. |
Population |
Moraea alticola occurs in large colonies in suitable habitat (Pooley 2003).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea alticola Goldblatt | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1973. Contributions to the knowledge of Moraea (Iridaceae) in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(2):204-259.
Goldblatt, P. 1986. The Moraeas of Southern Africa: a systematic monograph of the genus in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 14:1-224. National Botanic Gardens in association with the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, Cape Town.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Moraea alticola Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/08 |
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