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Scientific Name | Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 296 km²), known from seven locations and potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Mountains between Wolseley, Paarl and Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained lower sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| This species has lost habitat to timber plantations in the Elandskloof Mountains, and some habitat to vineyards in the Slanghoek Valley. Most of its habitat is however unsuited to cultivation, and habitat loss to agriculture is unlikely to be a severe ongoing threat. Spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants in Bain's Kloof and Du Toit's Kloof are becoming a concern, and is likely to become a threat to this species in future. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few records, but it may be overlooked as flowering is stimulated by fire.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus | NT D2 | 2015.1 | | Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
De Vos, M.P. 1999. Ixia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 7 Iridaceae Part 2: Ixioideae, Fascicle 1: Ixieae:3-87. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2016. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia L. (Iridaceae): 5. Synopsis of section Ixia, including five new species. South African Journal of Botany 104:175-198.
Lewis, G.J. 1962. South African Iridaceae. The genus Ixia. Journal of South African Botany 28:45-195.
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. 2015. Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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