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Scientific Name | Utricularia foliosa L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/19 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Utricularia foliosa has a restricted range in South Africa. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 433 km² and is known from a few collections and does not face any major threats. Therefore, it is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species is found in the Maputaland area in KwaZulu-Natal, and it is widely distributed in America, Madagascar and Africa, from Senegal, Ethiopia south through to South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Maputaland Coastal Belt, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Plants grow in deep to shallow, slowly flowing or still water in marshes, ponds and rivers, up to 1000 m. |
Threats |
| Areas surrounding the species' habitat have been lost to afforestation, urban development and sugarcane fields. |
Population |
This species is common but known from very few collections in South Africa. It was last recorded in 2011. The status of the population is not known, more field surveys are required to determine its's size and trend.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Utricularia foliosa L. | Least 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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Utricularia foliosa L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/29 |
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