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Scientific Name | Ixia namaquana L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. namaquana (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread in montane habitat where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Higher-lying mountainous areas from the Richtersveld to the northern Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Plants occur in clay soils in northern Namaqualand, granite derived gravel in the Kamiesberg, and on sandstone further south. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations in the southern part of this species' range are threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, but further north, it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. namaquana (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2008. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 1. The I. rapunculoides complex. Bothalia 38(1):1-22.
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. 2011. Ixia namaquana L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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