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Scientific Name | Ixia oxalidiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/08 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare and localized habitat specialist (EOO 215 km²), known from five locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural expansion and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | De Doorns to Matjiesfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Crevices in shale outcrops on south-facing slopes in Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld. |
Threats |
| A small proportion of Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld is cultivated, and there is ongoing expansion of crop fields in some places. All known records of this species are however from rocky slopes unsuited to ploughing, and no known subpopulations have yet been lost to crop fields. The area between Touwsrivier and Matjiesfontein is also severely overgrazed (particularly on the flats), and it is potentially threatened by habitat degradation due to overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia oxalidiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | VU D2 | 2015.1 | |
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.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Ixia oxalidiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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