Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
POLYGONACEAE
Synonyms
Persicaria salicifolia (Brouss. ex Willd.) Assenov, not Persicaria salicifolia S.F.Gray (1821), Persicaria serrulata (Lag.) Webb & Moq., Polygonum decipiens R.Br., Polygonum minus Huds., Polygonum minus Huds. subsp. decipiens (R.Br.) Danser, Polygonum salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd., Polygonum serrulatum Lag.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/05/22
Assessor(s)
F. Cholo & W. Foden
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.WilsonLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


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.


Citation
Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2006. Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17

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