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Scientific Name | Moraea marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 1497 km²) but rarely recorded species, currently known from three widely scattered subpopulations. It is likely to be overlooked, rather than rare or threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Hantamsberg and Roggeveld Escarpment around Sutherland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Open, succulent karroid scrub, in fine alluvial sands over shale at the foot of sandstone outcrops. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this species. |
Population |
This species was previously only known from a small area around Sutherland. Recent collections however confirmed its occurrence on the Hantamsberg, ±140 km further north, suggesting that it is possibly more widespread and common across the Roggeveld Escarpment. This species flowers during summer, outside the peak flowering season for the area, and is therefore likely to be overlooked.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2006. New species of Iridaceae from the Hantam-Roggeveld Centre of Endemism, and the Bokkeveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 36(2):139-145.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Moraea marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03 |
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