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Scientific Name | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. hesperanthoides G.J.Lewis, Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. odorata, Morphixia odorata (Ker Gawl.) Baker |
Common Names | Soetkalossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species. Although some lowland subpopulations are threatened by habitat loss, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Mountains and Piketberg to the Cape Peninsula, Kleinrivier Mountains and Elim. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Usually on sandstone slopes, and on granite outcrops in the Darling area. |
Threats |
| Some lowland subpopulations are declining due to habitat loss to urban expansion and crop cultivation. Subpopulations on sandstone slopes in montane areas are not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. hesperanthoides G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. odorata | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. odorata | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. var. hesperanthoides G.J.Lewis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2011. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 3. Sections Hyalis and Morphixia. Bothalia 41(1):83-134.
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. 2012. Ixia odorata Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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