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Scientific Name | Ixia superba J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A highly range-restricted species (EOO 31 km²) known from three locations where it is potentially threatened by expanding agriculture. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern foothills of the Langeberg east of Montagu. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Montagu Shale Renosterveld, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld and fynbos-renosterveld ecotones, occurring in sandy or light clay soil. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by expanding agriculture, particularly vineyards, at all three known locations. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia superba J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2004. New species of Ixia (Crocoideae) and Moraea (Iridoideae), and taxonomic notes on some other African Iridaceae. Novon 14(3):288-298.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2016. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia L. (Iridaceae): 5. Synopsis of section Ixia, including five new species. South African Journal of Botany 104:175-198.
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. 2015. Ixia superba J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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