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Scientific Name | Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | A poorly known, taxonomically problematic species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Range | Unknown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| The identity of this species is uncertain because the type collection has poorly preserved flowers. Moreover, the original locality is unknown. A figure published in Flowering Plants of South Africa shows a tall plant with a branched stem and unusual deep purple-coloured flowers with a narrow cylindrical upper perianth tube. The type specimen has short bracts reminiscent of the southern Cape W. wilmaniae. However the flowers of W. wilmaniae do not correspond with W. vittata. It seems best to treat this species as doubtful and exclude it from the number of recognised species (Goldblatt 1989). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia. A systematic monograph. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 19:1-148. National Botanic Gardens, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Watsonia vittata J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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