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Scientific Name | Tritonia deusta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/05/17 |
Assessor(s) | N.N. Mhlongo |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Western Cape province, South Africa, where it was historically widespread through the lowlands in southwestern and southern Western Cape, from Cape Town to Riversdale and Albertinia but is now likely extinct in the extreme west. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on stony clay or granite soils mainly in renosterveld scrub, rarely on limestone in fynbos and now largely restricted to road verges or stony sites. |
Threats |
| This species has no known threats. |
Population |
This species is known from about 35 subpopulations and the population trend is inferred to be stable, despite losses to the western subpopulations. This geophyte is common and abundant after fires.
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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 deusta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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