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Scientific Name | Ixia mollis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia flaccida (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (illegitimate name), Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. flaccida G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This extremely localized (EOO 74 km²) habitat specialist is known from only five locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss to expanding fruit orchards. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Valley between Clanwilliam and Citrusdal and the western Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Citrusdal Vygieveld, Citrusdal Shale Renosterveld, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Among rocks on seasonally moist south-facing sandy or clay slopes. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations in the Olifants River Valley occur in areas where the cultivation of citrus and other fruit is currently expanding. This species' preference for rocky areas may provide it with some protection against habitat loss, but it is a potential threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia flaccida (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Ixia rapunculoides Delile var. flaccida 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 mollis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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