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Babiana regia
Also called Kings Winecup Bobbejaantjie
Babiana regia is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Babiana. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Agter-Paarl to Stellenbosch in the fynbos and renosterveld. It has a range of less than 10 km2 and there are six small, fragmented subpopulations. The total population is less than 1 000 plants.
The plant has lost 95% of its habitat to mainly crop cultivation. The remaining subpopulations are threatened by, among others, development, lack of a fire program, invasive plants, overgrazing, eutrophication and sand mining.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Babiana regia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
