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Scientific Name | Gladiolus sekukuniensis P.J.D.Winter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/30 |
Assessor(s) | P.J.D. Winter & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Suspected to occur at between three and five locations. It is potentially threatened by mining and habitat degradation due to grazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Leolo and Strydpoort Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Banded ironstone in soil containing lumps of calcrete, or on norite. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining and overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gladiolus sekukuniensis P.J.D.Winter | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. and Winter, P.J.D. 1999. Two new species of Gladiolus (Iridaceae: Ixioideae) from South Africa and notes on long-proboscid fly pollination in the genus. Bothalia 29(2):217-223.
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 |
| Winter, P.J.D. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Gladiolus sekukuniensis P.J.D.Winter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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