{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ixia lutea var lutea Darling (2).jpg | genus = Ixia | species = abbreviata | authority = Houtt. | synonyms = * ''Ixia abbreviata var. ovata'' <small>(Andrews) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> * ''Ixia alboflavens'' <small>Eckl.</small> * ''Ixia capitata var. ovata'' <small>Andrews</small> * ''Ixia conferta'' <small>R.C.Foster</small> * ''Ixia lutea'' <small>Eckl.</small> * ''Ixia lutea var. ovata'' <small>(Andrews) B.Nord.</small> * ''Ixia nigroalbida'' <small>Klatt</small> * ''Ixia ochroleuca'' <small>(Ker Gawl.) Sweet</small> * ''Ixia ovata'' <small>(Andrews) Sweet</small> }}
'''''Ixia abbreviata''''', also known '''''Ixia lutea''''', is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus ''Ixia'' and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld.<ref>http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1547-000 REDLIST Sanbi</ref> The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Citrusdal and Piketberg to Malmesbury, Paarl and Tulbagh. There are between nine and twelve subpopulations that are severely fragmented, the result of grain production and urban development. The process is ongoing, the threat still exists. The largest subpopulation is at the Elandskloof Mountain, north of Wellington. The other subpopulations consist of less than 200 plants per group.<ref>http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439281-1 Plants of the World Online</ref>
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Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Fynbos Category:Renosterveld abbreviata Category:Plants described in 1780 Category:Taxa named by Martinus Houttuyn
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