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758. IXIA MOSTERTII
Author(s) -
Duncan Graham
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/curt.12022
Subject(s) - threatened species , habitat , taxonomy (biology) , geography , ecology , cape , pollination , biology , archaeology , pollen
Summary The South African geophyte Ixia mostertii M.P. de Vos is a beautiful but highly threatened species endemic to the Upper Breede River Valley in the south‐western Cape. Details of its history and threats to its habitat and possible restoration are given, with notes on taxonomy, pollination and cultivation.