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Scientific Name | Gladiolus atropictus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two locations. Plants are rare and scattered. Potentially threatened by encroachment from invasive alien pines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Montane fynbos, growing in pockets of deeper soil on rocky sandstone slopes, 600-900 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants if nearby infestations are allowed to spread into this species' habitat. |
Population |
Plants are rare, with a scattered distribution.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus atropictus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | VU D2 | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Gladiolus atropictus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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