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Scientific Name | Ixia simulans Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, P. Goldblatt & J.C. Manning |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 1090 km²), occurring in montane habitat where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg and Riviersonderend mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Steep rocky sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| All known localities for this species are in undisturbed montane vegetation and we see no threat to this species (Goldblatt and Manning 2012). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia simulans Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2012. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae:Crocoideae): 4. Revision of sect. Dichone. Bothalia 42(2):87-110.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2014. Ixia simulans Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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