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Scientific Name | Cyperus longus L. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyperus fenzelianus Steud. |
Common Names | Dooiwortel (a), Indawo (z), Sweet Cyperus (e), Waterbiesie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/18 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo, W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Cyperus longus 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, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | This species is widespread across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and western and southern India. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in deep standing water in seasonally flooded depressions in grassland and along river banks, 15-1800 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| According to Cook (2004), varieties recognised under this variable species are poorly defined and difficult to identify. It is therefore assessed at species level only. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyperus longus L. var. longus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyperus longus L. var. tenuiflorus (Rottb.) Boeck. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F., Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2017. Cyperus longus L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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