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Scientific Name | Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2021/02/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & T. Patel |
Justification | This is a rare and poorly known species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 13 km², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 8 km². It is currently known from a single subpopulation from a remote area of Namaqualand, but is quite likely more common and widespread as the area remains poorly explored. As there are no threats to this species it is listed nationally as Rare and globally as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It is endemic to South Africa, and is restricted to the dry eastern foothills of the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand, in the Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland |
Description | It occurs in sandy soils in crevices on rocky ridges. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in a remote area where there are no severe threats. |
Population |
This rare and poorly known species was previously known from a single collection, with imprecise locality information. It was thought to be from the Richtersveld area (Goldblatt and Manning 2007), but it was discovered in a remote area of eastern Namaqualand (Goldblatt and Manning 2012). The area is botanically very poorly explored, and it is likely that more subpopulations exist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2014.1 | | Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Data Deficient | 2013.1 | | Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2007. A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae, Crocoideae. Strelitzia 18:1-97. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. New species and subspecies of Babiana, Hesperantha, and Ixia (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from southern Africa; range extensions and morphological and nomenclatural notes on Babiana and Geissorhiza. Bothalia 42(2):137-145.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42. 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Patel, T. 2021. Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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