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Scientific Name | Watsonia angusta Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Common Names | Grootrooipypie (a), Patryskos (a), Rooikanolpypie (a), Rooipypie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards across the southern and eastern Cape coastal areas to the Drakensberg foothills near the border with KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Permanently wet places such as marshes, seeps and along streambanks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Watsonia angusta Ker Gawl. | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Watsonia angusta Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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