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Scientific Name | Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and very common outside South Africa, but rare and poorly known in South Africa. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Widespread across Tropical Africa to India and the Mascarene Islands. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Places with seasonally standing water. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight | Least Concern | 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.
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.
Townsend, C.C. 1988. Amaranthaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 1):28-133. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/22 |
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