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Scientific Name | Moraea indecora Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1 |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/27 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Moraea indecora is known from four sites within an area of 50 km² and from fewer than 1000 mature individuals. It is listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Springbok. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Namaqualand Blomveld |
Description | It occurs in hard, flat, sandy ground, on course granite-derived soils. |
Threats |
| There are no known severe threats to Moraea indecora (P. Goldblatt pers. comm. 2005). |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea indecora Goldblatt | VU D1 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea indecora Goldblatt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1976. The genus Moraea in the winter rainfall region of southern Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63(4):657-786.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. Unpublished. Succulent Karoo Red Data List (version 1997 - in preparation). SANBI.
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 |
| Goldblatt, P., Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2018. Moraea indecora Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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