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Scientific Name | Drosera madagascariensis DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | DROSERACEAE |
Synonyms | Drosera curvipes Planch., Drosera madagascariensis DC. var. major Burtt Davy, Drosera ramentacea Burch. ex DC. var. curvipes (Planch.) Sond., Drosera ramentacea in sense of Oliv., not of Burch. ex DC. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Doublom (a), Sondou (a), Sundew (e), Tholo-ea-metsi (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Drosera madagascariensis is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across northern and eastern South Africa as far south as Pondoland. It is widespread through tropical Africa and Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in damp places, marshes, bogs and swamps. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drosera madagascariensis DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Laundon, J.R. 1978. Droseraceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:62-68. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1970. Droseraceae. In: L.E. Codd, B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of southern Africa 13:187-201. National Botanical 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Drosera madagascariensis DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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