| Scientific Name | Cyperus indecorus Kunth | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/06/11 | Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden | Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga | Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape coast. It also occurs in Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Zululand Lowveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Granite Lowveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Bhisho Thornveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Hamburg Dune Thicket, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Fish Valley Thicket, Buffels Valley Thicket, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Albany Mesic Thicket, Ngongoni Veld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Thukela Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld | Description | Bare patches in low, open bushveld. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyperus indecorus Kunth var. indecorus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyperus indecorus Kunth var. namaquensis Kük. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyperus indecorus Kunth var. inflatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. 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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Vorster, P.J. 1978. Revision of the taxonomy of Mariscus Vahl and related genera in southern Africa. Unpublished PhD, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
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Citation | | van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Cyperus indecorus Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/10 |
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