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Scientific Name | Eulalia aurea (Bory) Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Eulalia geniculata Stapf |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened* D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/04 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two locations in South Africa. Potentially threatened by agriculture and associated water extraction. There are over 30 specimens in South African herbaria collected from other wetlands throughout southern and eastern Africa. As it has effective long distance dispersal, the national assessment is downgraded from VU to NT. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Waterberg in Limpopo, widespread in southern and eastern Africa, from Botswana to Kenya. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | In water, along rivers and in occasionally inundated soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eulalia aurea (Bory) Kunth | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Manyama, P.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Eulalia aurea (Bory) Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/28 |
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