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Scientific Name | Ixia stenophylla Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia fucata Ker Gawl. var. filifolia G.J.Lewis |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 1657 km²) species occurring in protected montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Hex River, Langeberg and Riviersonderend mountains around Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Rocky north-facing slopes, and occasionally south-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| This species was recorded from the flats south of Villiersdorp in the 1970s, an area now extensively transformed to fruit orchards and vineyards, and this subpopulation is now likely to be extinct. All other records are however from protected montane areas where there are no threats. |
Population |
This species has been most commonly recorded on the north-facing slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains around Jonaskop, with isolated records from the Hex River and Langeberg Mountains.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia fucata Ker Gawl. var. filifolia G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Ixia fucata Ker Gawl. var. filifolia G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2012. Ixia stenophylla Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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