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Scientific Name | Ixia reclinata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/08 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, J.C. Manning & D. van der Colff |
Justification | EOO <5 km², plants at one, possibly two locations remain after >80% habitat loss, and continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | South-west of Theewaterskloof Dam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Shale renosterveld. |
Threats |
| The majority of this species' habitat was flooded when the Theewaterskloof Dam was constructed. The rest has been converted to orchards and crop fields, and only a few fragments remain. These continue to be lost to housing developments, agricultural expansion, and degraded due to fire exclusion, grazing and spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species is known from only two collections in a small area south-west of the Theewaterskloof Dam, where it occurs in Western Rûens Shale Renosterveld. Only about four renosterveld fragments remain in this area, which need to be surveyed for this species. It was last recorded in 2006. It is not certain whether a population recorded in 1976 still survives - the locality description is not precise enough to determine whether intact habitat remains. According to Goldblatt and Manning (2008), this is one of the most threatened species in the genus, persisting mainly in road verges. The population size is not known, but subpopulations are likely to be small.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia reclinata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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 |
| Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C. & van der Colff, D. 2015. Ixia reclinata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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