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Scientific Name | Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | LYCOPODIACEAE |
Synonyms | Lepidotis cernua (L.) P.Beauv., Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. var. caboverdeana (Gilli) O.E.Erikss, Lycopodium capillaceum Willd. ex Spring, Lycopodium cernuum L., Lycopodium cernuum L. var. boryanum A.Rich., Lycopodium cernuum L. var. caboverdeanum Gilli, Lycopodium cernuum L. var. seychellanum Nessel, Lycopodium heeschii Müll.Berol., Lycopodium secundum Müll.Berol., Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco |
Common Names | Nodding Club-Moss (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/10/24 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, common in suitable habitat, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Gifberg to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards through the coastal areas of the southern and Eastern Cape, and widespread across the summer rainfall areas of eastern South Africa. Widespread elsewhere in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Permanently moist, acidic soils, on streambanks, forest margins road cuttings and margins of eroded gullies in open grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. and Burrows, S.M. 2011. Ferns of southern Africa: A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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