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Scientific Name | Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & J.H. Vlok |
Justification | Known from two locations. Potentially threatened by livestock grazing and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Eastern Cape, Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Hankey to Loerie. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on well-drained, rocky sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 1998. Gladiolus in southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg.
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.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Vlok, J.H. 2006. Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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