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Scientific Name | Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Common Names | Peacock Flower (e), Poublom (a), Uiltjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/09/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, J.E. Victor & C.R. Scott-Shaw |
Justification | A habitat specialist, that is not currently known to be declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Grahamstown to East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Umtiza Forest Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Buffels Mesic Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket |
Description | Alongside streams and vleis. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1981. Systematics, phylogeny and evolution of Dietes (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 68:132-135.
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., Victor, J.E. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2008. Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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