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Scientific Name | Watsonia minima Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/06/04 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from one location. Potentially threatened by encroachment from invasive alien pines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy montane fynbos slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. The site where the only known population occurs has a serious exotic pine infestation, but Watsonias are somewhat tolerant of alien invasive plants and the population is likely to recover if alien are cleared. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Watsonia minima Goldblatt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. A systematic monograph. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 19:1-148. National Botanic Gardens, 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. 2007. Watsonia minima Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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