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Scientific Name | Ixia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A highly localized species, currently known from a single location, but possibly more widespread as it occurs in an area that is botanically still poorly explored. It is however not suspected to be threatened or declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Roggeveld Escarpment near Sutherland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Rocky south-facing slopes in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Ixia linearifolia is a rare and highly localized species (Goldblatt and Manning 2011). It is currently known from a single subpopulation, but was only recently discovered, and it is possible that other still undiscovered subpopulations may exist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2013.1 | | Ixia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2013.1 | |
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2012. Ixia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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