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Scientific Name | Ixia teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist, currently known from a single subpopulation, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Roggeveld Escarpment west of Sutherland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland |
Description | Rocky, grassy places at the base of sandstone cliffs. |
Population |
This species is currently known from a single subpopulation of less than 100 mature individuals along a 200 m stretch of escarpment edge. Searches of similar habitat along the Roggeveld Escarpment to the south failed to record any further plants, but this species is likely to also occur further north, and more surveys are needed to determine the size and extent of the population (Goldblatt and Manning 2012).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. New species and subspecies of Babiana, Hesperantha, and Ixia (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from southern Africa; range extensions and morphological and nomenclatural notes on Babiana and Geissorhiza. Bothalia 42(2):137-145.
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. 2014. Ixia teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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