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Scientific Name | Ixia curvata G.J.Lewis |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/08 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 1119 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Hantamsberg near Calvinia to the Roggeveld Escarpment near Middelpos. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky clay soils derived from dolerite and shale. |
Threats |
| No threats (P. Goldblatt pers. comm. 2006, Goldblatt and Manning 2012). |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, but it is likely to be more common, as it occurs in a remote and botanically still poorly explored area. Flowering is also apparently dependent on rainfall, and this species is much rarer in drier years (P. Goldblatt pers. obs. 2006).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia curvata G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ixia curvata G.J.Lewis | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Ixia curvata G.J.Lewis | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae:Crocoideae): 4. Revision of sect. Dichone. Bothalia 42(2):87-110.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Goldblatt, P., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2014. Ixia curvata G.J.Lewis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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