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Scientific Name | Moraea linderi Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/23 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, J.E. Victor, K. Naidoo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from two subpopulations with fewer than 50 mature individuals in total. A third subpopulation was lost to the construction of a dam. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg Mountains and the Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Quartzitic sands. |
Threats |
| One known subpopulation was lost to dam construction — repeated searches in the area have failed to relocate plants. Two other remaining subpopulations are not currently threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea linderi Goldblatt | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea linderi Goldblatt | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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., Victor, J.E., Naidoo, K. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Moraea linderi Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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