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Scientific Name | Sparaxis bulbifera (L.) Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Belamcanda bulbifera (L.) Moench, Ixia alba L., Ixia anemonaeflora in sense of DC. in Redouté: t. 85 (1804a), not of Jacq. (= Ixia campanulata Houtt.), Ixia bulbifera L., Pardanthus bulbiferus (L.) Klatt, Sparaxis albiflora Eckl., Sparaxis miniata Klatt |
Common Names | Airleaf Satinflower (e), Botterblom (a), Ferweelblom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/09/29 |
Assessor(s) | P. Goldblatt, J.C. Manning & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hopefield and Saldanha Bay to the Cape Peninsula, Worcester and the Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy, seasonally waterlogged lower slopes and flats, occasionally wet clay soils. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion on the Cape Flats and coastal areas between Betty's Bay and Cape Agulhas, and competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants across its range. |
Population |
In spite of extensive habitat loss and degradation, Sparaxis bulbifera is still very common. Recent field observations indicate that it is extant at more than 50 locations. It is tolerant of disturbance, and in even severely disturbed sites it can be found flowering in masses (Goldblatt and Manning 2013).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sparaxis bulbifera (L.) Ker Gawl. | Least Concern | 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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2013. Systematics and biology of the Cape genus Sparaxis (Iridaceae). Strelitzia 32. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C. & von Staden, L. 2014. Sparaxis bulbifera (L.) Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/22 |
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