Dierama elatum N.E.Br. (1929:199)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
The taxonomy of the species may need to be revisited (Braun, 2024).
Conservation Status
Data Deficient (Braun, 2024) or Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Last record (disputed): 1910 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025); 1911 (Braun, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution & Habitat
eSwatini (=Swaziland) & South Africa
The sole South African record has been queried (Braun, 2024)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Braun, K. (2024). Dierama elatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T221343427A221361902. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T221343427A221361902.en. Accessed on 27 July 2025.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2025). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207(3): 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig (ed.) (1996). Red data list of Southern African plants: 1-117. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 19 October 2024]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.