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Scientific Name | Carex aethiopica Schkuhr |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | This species is widespread with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 41 659 km² and is not threatened. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species has a wide distribution in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, where it occurs from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | This species grows in shady areas along the forest margin, watercourses, or in damp places. |
Threats |
| While there are no known major threats to the species, the habitat is being degraded in parts of this range by grazing livestock and alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Carex aethiopica Schkuhr | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2021. Carex aethiopica Schkuhr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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