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Scientific Name | Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. laxa |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Anomatheca cruenta Lindl., Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt (in part), Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt subsp. laxa, Gladiolus laxus Thunb., Lapeirousia cruenta (Lindl.) Baker, Lapeirousia graebneriana Harms, Lapeirousia grandiflora Jacq., Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N.E.Br., Meristostigma laxum (Thunb.) A.Dietr. |
Common Names | Rooipypie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa from the Mpumalanga Escarpment to Port Elizabeth, and extending northwards through eastern tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Rocky areas on the margins of coastal and montane forests and bush clumps. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. laxa | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. Botany and horticulture of the genus Freesia. Strelitzia 27:1-114. 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning subsp. laxa. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/17 |
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