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Scientific Name | Ixia sobolifera Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. carnea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 4697 km²), but fairly common taxon that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Loeriesfontein to Nieuwoudtville and Calvinia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Dolerite-derived clay or shale slopes, rarely in tillite soils among sandstone rocks. |
Threats |
| This taxon has lost some habitat to crop cultivation around Nieuwoudtville in the past, however this affects less than 5% of its range, and cultivation of clay soils is no longer expanding. Further west towards Calvinia and northwards towards Loeriesfontein it is not threatened. |
Population |
This subspecies is fairly common on the Bokkeveld Escarpment around Nieuwoudtville (Goldblatt and Manning 2008).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia sobolifera Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. carnea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Least Concern | 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Ixia sobolifera Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. carnea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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