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Scientific Name | Ixia exiliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/08 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species (EOO 972 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester to Montagu and Touwsrivier. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Loamy clay soils on rocky slopes, often with sandstone bedrock. |
Population |
This species is known from four widely scattered subpopulations in dry shale renosterveld and fynbos. Most of its habitat still remains intact, and it is likely that more subpopulations exist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia exiliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2008. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 2. The filiform-leaved I. capillaris complex. Bothalia 38(2):115-124.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Ixia exiliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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