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Scientific Name | Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Iris edulis L.f., Iris longifolia Schneev., Moraea corniculata Lam., Moraea edulis (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. subsp. fugax, Moraea longifolia (Schneev.) Sweet, Moraea odora Salisb., Vieusseuxia edulis (L.f.) Link, Vieusseuxia fugax D.Delaroche |
Common Names | Klipuintjie (a), Soetuintjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/16 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden, L. Potter & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand southwards to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards across the southern Cape as far as Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Deep sandy soils on flats near the coast, in strandveld and sandveld vegetation. |
Population |
A very widespread and common species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. subsp. fugax | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2010. Moraea intermedia and Moraea vuvuzela (Iridaceae-Iridoideae), two new species fro western South Africa, and some nomenclatural changes and range extensions in the genus. Bothalia 40(2):147-153.
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 |
| Foden, W., Potter, L. & von Staden, L. 2011. Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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