Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Watsonia inclinata Goldblatt
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/02/06
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from fewer than five locations and potentially threatened by crop cultivation and livestock overgrazing at locations outside of reserves.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Umtamvuna River to Mkweni River. Old herbarium records may indicate occurrence near Kokstad.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld
Description
Low, open and often stony grassland on Msikaba Formation Sandstone.
Threats
Potentially threatned by habitat loss to crop cultivation and overgrazing.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Protected in Umtamvuna Nature Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Watsonia inclinata GoldblattVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Watsonia inclinata GoldblattLower Risk - Near Threatened Scott-Shaw (1999)
Watsonia inclinata GoldblattRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Abbott, A., Van Wyk, A.E., Johnson, D.N. and Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2000. Checklist of the macrofungi, lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants of the Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, South Africa. Lammergeyer 46:1-69.


Abbott, T. 2006. The story of the Pondoland Centre. PlantLife 33&34:5-72.


Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. A systematic monograph. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 19:1-148. National Botanic Gardens, 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.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2007. Watsonia inclinata Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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