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Scientific Name | Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Beilia spicata (L.) Eckl. ex Kuntze, Gladiolus alopecuroides Pers. (later homonym), not of L., Gladiolus rubens Vahl, Gladiolus spicatus L., Ixia spicata (L.) Willd. (later homonym), not of Burm.f. (1768), Micranthus spicatus (L.) Heynh., Paulomagnusia spicata (L.) Kuntze, Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis var. linearifolius G.J.Lewis, Watsonia rubens (Vahl) Ker Gawl. |
Common Names | Blouvleipypie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg and Groot Winterhoek Mountains to the Palmiet River Mouth and Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes, shale bands and granite derived soils, from sea level to 1000 m. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations on the Cape lowlands are threatened by habitat loss to urban and agricultural expansion, but this species is also widespread and common in well-protected montane areas, and is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Population |
The most widespread and common species in the genus (Manning and Goldblatt 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41(2):239-267.
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. 2014. Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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