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Scientific Name | Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Common Names | Loteni Gladiolus (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/11/02 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & C.R. Scott-Shaw |
Justification | Known from one site, no threats are known to be impacting this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Information redacted, contact SANBI |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, besides streams or on river banks in peaty soils below low cliffs and boulders. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1998. Gladiolus in southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1986. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XII. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 43(2):189-228.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2005. Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2026/09/06 |
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