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Scientific Name | Ferraria parva Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & J.G. Claassens |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 336 km²), known from eight subpopulations, each consisting of fewer than 50 mature individuals (total population size estimated <400 mature individuals) and declining due to ongoing habitat loss to urban and agricultural expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vredenburg Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld |
Description | Deep sandy ground, sand over limestone, and crevices in limestone or calcrete pavement. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion around Langebaan and Saldanha, as well as expanding crop cultivation on sandveld areas of the Vredenburg Peninsula between Vredenburg and Hopefield. |
Population |
Ferraria parva occurs as small, scattered clumps of no more than five plants (J.G. Claassens, pers. obs.). It is currently known from eight small subpopulations, estimated to consist of fewer than 50 plants each.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ferraria parva Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | EN C2a(i) | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2011. Systematics and biology of the African genus Ferraria (Iridaceae: Irideae). Bothalia 41(1):1-40.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Claassens, J.G. 2012. Ferraria parva Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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