PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / IRIDACEAE / CROCOIDEAE / IXIEAE / BABIANA / PUBESCENS
Plants 60-100 mm high. Stem short, decumbent, rarely extended above ground, simple or 1- or 2-branched. Leaves crowded basally, abruptly truncate and wedge-shaped, lightly pleated, usually finely hairy. Spike congested, 6- to 10-flowered; bracts ± smooth to velvety, 20-38 mm long, inner slightly shorter than outer, forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, blue to violet with white median marks often edged red on lower lateral tepals; perianth tube elongate, sharply bent below apex, ± 50 mm long; tepals unequal, dorsal largest and held somewhat apart, ± 20 mm long, lower tepals joined to upper laterals for short distance and to one another for ± 2 mm, forming a lip, 15-17 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments ± 15 mm long, well exserted from tube; anthers 6-7 mm long. Ovary smooth; style dividing opposite lower half of anthers; style ± 4 mm long. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Stemless, cormous geophyte, up to 80 mm tall, stem usually branching below ground. Leaves crowded basally, abruptly truncate, lightly pleated, usually finely hairy, exceeding the flowers. Flowers 6-10 in a decumbent spike, bilabiate, blue to mauve with white nectar guides, perianth tube elongate-cylindrical, ± 50 mm long, sharply bent near the apex, ovary smooth, bracts smooth or velvety, the inner forked apically. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2013. Iridaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 94-124. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Readily distinguished among the species with truncate leaves by the slender perianth tube, ± 50 mm long, sharply bent below the apex, and the relatively narrow tepals 15-20 mm long and 5-7 mm wide. Although said by Lewis (1959) to occur from Garies southward to Mierenkasteel (near Nuwerus) in southern Namaqualand, B. pubescens has only been reliably reported from Komaggas, southwest of Springbok, and in the vicinity of Garies. Despite being increasingly threatened by overgrazing and especially the heavy stocking of goats, B. pubescens remains relatively common locally. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Stony slopes in coarse granitic gravel. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Stony slopes. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2013. Iridaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 94-124. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Occurring in central Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa, extending from Komaggas in the north to Garies. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2020. Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Komaggas to Garies. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2013. Iridaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 94-124. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
July to September
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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
Babiana cuneifolia Baker
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Iridaceae
SUBFAMILY Crocoideae
TRIBE Ixieae
GENUS Babiana
SPECIES pubescens
13 results for Babiana pubescens (Lam.) G.J.Lewis
Barcode: SAM0057959-2 Collector(s) & number: Lewis, GJ, 1390 | 1945-9-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand 2 miles south of Nieuwerust.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0986251-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 12094 | 2002-8-21
South Africa, Northern Cape, Springbok. 7 km north of Komaggas, near hilltop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0123455-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Berkel, NJ, 366 | 1981-8-23
South Africa, Northern Cape, Springbok. Lat 29° 46, 12' Long 17° 30, 80'.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0060663-0 Collector(s) & number: Lewis, GJ, s.n. | 1950-7-25
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand, 2 miles north of Garies.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0644237-0 Collector(s) & number: Greig, JC, 4 | 1980-8-4
South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAQUALAND; GARIES; 1 KM DOWN HONDEKLIP BAY ROAD C.4 KM FROM GARIES; W. SIDE OF ROAD.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0277508-0 Collector(s) & number: Jardine, I, 1853 | 2012-10-2
South Africa, Western Cape, Knolfontein. Swartruggens, 60 km NE of Ceres. 32°52'54.9" S; 19°39'51.7" E.
General notes: Plant height 8 cm.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0201121-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 12094 | 2002-8-21
South Africa, Northern Cape, Springbok. 7 km north of Komaggas, near hilltop, soil of gravelly decomposed granite.
General notes: Local on south slope, flowers violet with white on lower lateral tepals.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0123456-0 Collector(s) & number: van Berkel, 367 | 1981-8-23
South Africa, Northern Cape, Springbok. Common in Komaggas area.
General notes: Granitic soil. Flower colour dark purple with white markings on lower perianth segments.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0154945-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 9907 | 1994-8-4
South Africa, Northern Cape, Hondeklipbaai. NW of Garies before Wallekraal turnoff.
General notes: Rocky slopes of hill. Plants scattered and local, flowers dark violet with white markings in the lower tepals, unscented.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0057959-1 Collector(s) & number: Lewis, GJ, 1390 | 1945-9-
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand 2 miles south of Nieuwerust.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0180523-0 Collector(s) & number: Greig, 4 | --
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. 1km down Hondeklip Bay road, about 4km from Garies in top of hill, W side of road.
General notes: Karoo type veld on wel-drained stony clay/loam. Bulb, 30cm underground, 15cm tall geophyte with mauve-purple flowers. In full sun. E aspect. Gentle slope. Winter rainfall 0 - 250mm.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2020
SERIES
Iridaceae of southern Africa Goldblatt, P; Manning, JCStrelitzia 42: 1-1159
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Iridaceae Goldblatt, P; Manning, JCIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 94-124
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2007
SERIES
A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridiceae: Crocoideae Goldblatt, P; Manning, JCStrelitzia 18: 98-98
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2004
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Taxonomic notes and new species of the southern African genus Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) Goldblatt, P; Manning, JCBothalia 34: 87-96
1972
BOOK (MONOGRAPH IN SERIES)
A revision of the South African species of Gladiolus Barnard, TT; Lewis, GJ; Obermeyer, AA; Rycroft, HBPurnell, Cape Town
1959
1938
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Babiana cuneifolia Baker Lewis, GJ; Lewis, GJFlowering Plants of South Africa 18: , t.685
No results found for Babiana pubescens (Lam.) G.J.Lewis
Status and criteria
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BOOK SECTION
David, J. and Lloyd, P. 2013. <i>Damaliscus pygargus</i>. Edited by J. S. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann. The Mammals of Africa. Academic Press
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fabricius C, van Hensbergen HJ, Zucchini W 1989. A discriminant function for identifying hybrid bontebok x blesbok populations. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 19:61-66
BOOK
Skinner, J.D. and Chimimba, C.T. 2005. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. Cambridge University Press
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amos W, Balmford A 2001. When does conservation genetics matter?. Heredity. 87:257-265
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cieslak M, Reissmann M, Hofreiter M, Ludwig A. 2011. Colours of domestication. Biological Reviews. 86:885-899
THESIS
Du Plessis SS 1968. Ecology of blesbok on the Van Riebeeck Nature Reserve, Pretoria with special reference to productivity.. University of Pretoria
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