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Scientific Name | Utricularia gibba L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Utricularia exoleta R.Br., Utricularia gibba L. subsp. exoleta (R.Br.) P.Taylor |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Utricularia gibba is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
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 throughout South Africa and also in warm to tropical regions, almost throughout Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | This aquatic species grows in ponds and lakes or shallow water in ditches, pools, bogs, swamps, and marshes that may be still or slowly flowing, and sometimes terrestrially. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Utricularia gibba 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.
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.
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 gibba L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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