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Scientific Name | Watsonia elsiae Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. Potter, J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Three known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Uniondale to Joubertina. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Arid fynbos slopes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Watsonia elsiae Goldblatt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1935. A revision of the South African species of Juncus. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 50:1-38.
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.
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 |
| Potter, L., Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Watsonia elsiae Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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