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Scientific Name | Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/12/20 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted, localized habitat specialist. It occurs in a very specific habitat that is inaccessible to livestock and is non-arable, therefore it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Kamiesberg Mountains in Namaqualand, Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos |
Description | It is localized to seasonally wet seeps, rock flushes and along streamlets, typically wedged between damp, shady overhangs of huge granite boulders. |
Threats |
| This species has no severe threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1995. Phylogeny of the African genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a new genus Xenoscapa. Systematic Botany 20(2):161-178.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of the genus Xenoscapa (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), including X. grandiflora, a new species from southern Namibia. Bothalia 41(2):283-288.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Goldblatt, P. & von Staden, L. 2019. Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/08 |
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