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Scientific Name | Tritonia securigera (Aiton) Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | N.N. Mhlongo |
Justification | This species is widespread and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 42 858 km². It is known from between 30-35 subpopulations and has no known threats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa where it extends through southern Western Cape near Ladismith and Mossel Bay eastward through the Little Karoo and southern Cape to Adelaide and Somerset East in Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on stony flats in renosterveld and karroid shrubland. |
Threats |
| A small proportion of this species' habitat has been lost to crop cultivation but the majority of its habitat is not threatened. |
Population |
This species is widespread and common. It is known from between 30-35 subpopulations. There have been 85 observations posted by citizen scientists on the iNaturalist platform between 2009 and 2023 from across its known range. From these observations we infer that the population is locally common, stable and not declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mhlongo, N.N. 2023. Tritonia securigera (Aiton) Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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