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Scientific Name | Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer, L. von Staden & E. Sieben |
Justification | It has a restricted coastal distribution in KwaZulu-Natal (EOO 12 600 km²) and is known from five collections. However, it is possibly under-collected, and since it is fairly widely distributed, it is estimated that there could be up to 10 locations, especially since it does not appear to be very habitat specific. There is a continuing decline in habitat across the range due to subsistence farming, urban expansion and coastal development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal coast to tropical West Africa and tropical Asia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt |
Description | Permanently wet vleis, open places and swamps, often in water. Usually near the sea. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. | VU B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Goetghebeur, P. and Coudijzer, J. 1984. Studies in the Cyperaceae 3. Fimbristylis and Abildgaardia in central Africa. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 54:65-89.
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 |
| Archer, C., von Staden, L. & Sieben, E. 2006. Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/25 |
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