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Scientific Name | Syringodea bifucata M.P.de Vos |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Syringodea bicolor Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | N. Lombard |
Justification | This widespread species is still common despite ongoing habitat loss in parts of its range. It does not yet meet any of the categories of threat, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng |
Range | This species is scattered through the eastern Great and Upper Karoo, South Africa, from Willowmore in Eastern Cape and De Aar in Western Cape through the central parts of Eastern Cape and the central Free State to Heidelberg in Gauteng. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in washes or seasonal drainage lines on clay flats in karroid scrub and open grassland. |
Threats |
| A small proportion (20%) of this species' habitat has been irreversibly modified, predominantly due to loss from crop cultivation and urban development. There is no significant ongoing habitat loss, but several subpopulations in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape, as well as in the vicinity of Makanda and Ficksburg are threatened by habitat loss due mostly to urban development and to a lesser degree crop development. Some subpopulations are subjected to habitat degradation as a result of alien invasive plants. |
Population |
The population is likely declining due to habitat loss in several areas, mostly as a result of urban development and related activities. Despite this the species remains common and widely spread.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Syringodea bifucata M.P.de Vos | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Lombard, N. 2023. Syringodea bifucata M.P.de Vos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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