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Scientific Name | Micranthus simplex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist, known from a single subpopulation but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Zebrakop, Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Shallow soils in moss or in rock crevices on wet sandstone rocks. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Micranthus simplex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | Critically Rare | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C. and Gereau, R.E. 2013. The Cape genus Micranthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), nomenclature and taxonomy. Bothalia 43(2):127-144.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Micranthus simplex Goldblatt & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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