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Scientific Name | Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Panicum pyramidale Lam., Panicum pyramidale Lam. var. hebetatum Stapf, Panicum pyramidale Lam. var. spadiceum Peter |
Common Names | Antelope Grass (e), Kalahari Water-grass (e), Limpopo Gras (a), Limpopo Grass (e), Limpopogras (a), Olifantsgras (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/18 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, L. Fish & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Echinochloa pyramidalis is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across tropical Africa, extending to eastern South Africa, where it is most common in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld, southwards through eastern eSwatini (Swaziland) to the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Scattered, isolated subpopulations have been recorded elsewhere in South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It grows in swamps and riversides, usually standing in water and sometimes floating. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clayton, W.D. 1989. Gramineae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 3):1-220. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. and Nembudani, M.T. 2015. Identification guide to southern African grasses. Strelitzia 36. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2017. Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/29 |
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