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Scientific Name | Ixia saundersiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare species, known from only two somewhat disjunct subpopulations within a small area (EOO <500 km²), but not suspected to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swartruggens and Hex River mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | High altitude rocky fynbos. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
A rare and poorly known species, only recently discovered from two somewhat disjunct localities. It is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia saundersiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2013.1 | | Ixia saundersiana 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Ixia saundersiana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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