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Scientific Name | Lapeirousia violacea Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Restricted to the southern Bokkeveld and Biedouw valley, known from nine locations but a few more are likely to exist. Occurs in areas and in habitat that is being converted for rooibos tea cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment to Biedouw Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Loamy sands and on arid shales. |
Threats |
| Habitat is being lost to cultivation of rooibos tea. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lapeirousia violacea Goldblatt | NT B1ab(ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lapeirousia violacea Goldblatt | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1972. A revision of the genera Lapeirousia Pourret and Anomatheca Ker in the winter rainfall region of South Africa. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 4:1-111.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2007. Lapeirousia violacea Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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