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Scientific Name | Dracoscirpoides falsa (C.B.Clarke) Muasya |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Scirpus falsus C.B.Clarke |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Lesotho Drakensberg, extending southwards to the Amathole Mountains and the Sneeuberge near Graaff-Reinet. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Rocky slopes in montane grassland, 1200-3200 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Scirpus falsus C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Scirpus falsus C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Muasya, A.M., Reynders, M., Goetghebeur, P., Simpson, D.A. and Vrijdaghs, A. 2012. Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) - a new genus from southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral ontogeny. South African Journal of Botany 78:104-115.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Dracoscirpoides falsa (C.B.Clarke) Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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