Bobartia paniculata G.J.Lewis
LC Indigenous Endemic

Morphological description

Plants 300-1000 mm high, forming large, loose tufts. Rhizome compact and corm-like, ± 20 mm diam. Stem consisting of 1 long basal internode, slightly flattened, elliptic in section, 2-4 mm diam. near base, striate when dry but without stomatiferous furrows, branching in upper 1/3, forming a hemispherical, ± laxly panicle. Foliage leaves 4 to 8 in a basal fan, ± 2/3 as long as flowering stem, linear, 3-7 mm wide, striate. Rhipidia several, solitary at branch tips, together forming a lax panicle, on branches 10-30 mm long subtended by leaf-like bract with unifacial blade, 20-50 mm long, immediately associated with next bract, internodes viscid; pedicels subglabrous; spathes with translucent membranous margins and brownish apices; outer ± 1/3 as long as inner, 4-7 mm long, inner 14-20 mm long. Flowers yellow; tepals free, elliptic, outer 10-16 x 4-6 mm, inner slightly smaller. Filaments 2-3 mm long; anthers ± 3 mm long. Ovary exserted, smooth; style 1-2 mm long, branches 3-4 mm long. Capsules broadly obovoid to subglobose, smooth, 6-10 mm long. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Rhizomatous perennial, 40-100 cm, stem branched above and sticky below nodes. Leaves linear. Flowers in solitary cymes loosely clustered near top of stem, yellow. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Iridaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 119-176. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Diagnostic description

Distinguished by the hemispherical, paniculate inflorescence with sticky internodes and relatively small, yellow flowers. The basal internode of the stem is conspicuously elongated, with the inflorescence thus clearly borne at the tip. This is intermediate between the inflorescence type in Bobartia lilacina, in which the two or three lower internodes are subequally developed, and the remaining species in the genus, which have only the lowermost internode elongated and a congested inflorescence. The stem lacks stomatiferous furrows and is thus smooth when fresh but the presence of peripheral longitudinal sclerenchyma strands causes it to become slightly striate when dry. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Relatively common on the upper southern slopes of Mannetjiesberg, flowering mainly after fire. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Middle to upper slopes in dry fynbos. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Iridaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 119-176. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Endemic to the Kamanassie Mtns east of Oudtshoorn in Western Cape. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Kammanassie Mtns. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Iridaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 119-176. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

December to February

Altitude

1200 to 1800 m

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Bobartia paniculata G.J.Lewis
Synonym(s)

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SUBFAMILY Iridoideae

TRIBE Irideae

SPECIES paniculata

21 results for Bobartia paniculata G.J.Lewis

Specimen records

Barcode: NBG0059662-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 10394 | 1941-2-1

South Africa, Western Cape, Uniondale. Kamanassiberg.

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Barcode: NBG0202742-2 Collector(s) & number: Harrower, AD, ADH 2317 | 2004-9-13

South Africa, Western Cape, Kamanassi Mountains, Mannetjiesberg middle slopes, on S side on service road, up to radio mast. 33°37'379"S: 22°55'390"E.

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Barcode: PRE0820455-0 Collector(s) & number: Bond, WJ, 1667 | 1979-2-

South Africa, Western Cape, Buffelsdrif: Kammamassie; "Toringberg" area (peak W of Kammanassieberg).

General notes: On S slopes in Ericoid shrublands. Common in firebreaks.

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Barcode: SAM0054287-1 Collector(s) & number: Zinn, H, s.n. | 1940-1-

South Africa, Western Cape, Kammanassie Mountains.

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Barcode: PRE0052258-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 10394 | 1941-2-1

South Africa, Western Cape, OUDTSHOORN DIST.; KAMANASSIBERG.

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Barcode: NBG0191135-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 2378 | 2001-11-26

South Africa, Western Cape, Uniondale. Mannetjiesberg, all over upper southern slopes.

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Barcode: PRE0774687-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 7468 | 1985-12-6

South Africa, Western Cape, OUDTSHOORN: KAMMANASSIE MOUNTAINS.

General notes: On upper S slopes.

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Barcode: NBG0202742-1 Collector(s) & number: Harrower, AD, ADH 2317 | 2004-9-13

South Africa, Western Cape, Kamanassi Mountains, Mannetjiesberg middle slopes, on S side on service road, up to radio mast. 33°37'379"S: 22°55'390"E.

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Barcode: NBG0101397-0 Collector(s) & number: Dahlgren, RMT, 4863 | 1966-2-12

South Africa, Western Cape, Uniondale Div. Upper southern slopes of Mannetjiesberg.

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Barcode: NBG0180132-0 Collector(s) & number: Bond, WJ, 1667 | 1979-2-

South Africa, Western Cape, Oudtshoorn. Buffelsdrif, Kammanassie, Toringberg area.

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Barcode: SAM0054287-2 Collector(s) & number: Zinn, H, s.n. | 1940-1-

South Africa, Western Cape, Kammanassie Mountains.

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Observation records

Date: 12/12/2017 10:06:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 5/19/2013 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 11/30/2019 10:45:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/30/2019 1:13:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 3/12/2011 2:13:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/30/2019 11:03:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/29/2019 11:39:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 12/1/2019 7:53:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 12/12/2017 7:49:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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2020

SERIES

Iridaceae of southern Africa Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC

Strelitzia 42: 1-1159

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2012

SERIES CHAPTER

Iridaceae Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P

In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 119-176

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

No results found for Bobartia paniculata G.J.Lewis

Status

Status and criteria

LC

Assessor(s)

Plantae Coordinator

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