Biology:Babiana melanops
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Babiana melanops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Babiana |
| Species: | B. melanops
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| Binomial name | |
| Babiana melanops Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
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Babiana melanops is a species of geophytic, perennial flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.[1][2] The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Darling to Mamre and the Tulbagh Valley. It is part of the fynbos and renosterveld. It has an area of occurrence of 5400 km2 and there are up to ten subpopulations. The plant has already lost more than 70% of its habitat to crop cultivation. The remaining subpopulations are threatened by invasive plants, quarrying, too many fires and the absence of specialist insects that need to carry out the fertilization.[3]
References
- ↑ "Babiana melanops Goldblatt & J.C.Manning". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5VYQ5.
- ↑ http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1534-144 SANBI Redlist
- ↑ http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77084248-1 Plants of the World Online
Wikidata ☰ Q15558236 entry
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