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Scientific Name | Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/17 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one subpopulation, 50% of which was lost to infrastructure development. It is declining due to habitat degradation by collecting of firewood and livestock overgrazing. There are fewer than 1000 mature individuals. It is therefore assessed as Critically Endangered under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in De Rust. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket |
Description | Plants grow in pebbly, loamy soils on south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| About 50% of this species' habitat has already been destroyed due to infrastructure development, and remaining plants survive in an area that is continually being degraded by overgrazing and firewood collecting. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | CR B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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. 1. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 26(2):177-182.
Manning, J., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Moraea regalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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