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Scientific Name | Ixia divaricata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia latifolia D.Delaroche var. angustifolia G.J.Lewis, Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. rigida G.J.Lewis, Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. subpendula G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | South-western Cederberg east of Citrusdal through the Koue Bokkeveld to the Hex River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet, stony sandstone flats. |
Threats |
| This species generally occurs in rocky montane habitat where it is protected from habitat loss, but subpopulations between Gydo Pass and Prince Alfred Hamlet are threatened by habitat loss to fruit orchards (Goldblatt and Manning 2008). |
Population |
This species is quite common in the Koue Bokkeveld. Subpopulations on the flats below Gydo Pass are declining, but this affects only a small part of this species' range, which is otherwise well protected montane areas.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. subpendula G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. rigida G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ixia latifolia D.Delaroche var. angustifolia 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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2011. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 3. Sections Hyalis and Morphixia. Bothalia 41(1):83-134.
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 divaricata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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