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Scientific Name | Utricularia cymbantha Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/19 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, E. Sieben & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Utricularia cymbantha occurs in Madagascar and eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa. In South Africa it is confined between Lephalala River and Mpumalanga Drakensberg Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | This species is freely suspended in deep or shallow pools and lakes, sometimes forming dense mats, at 900-1800 metres above sea level. |
Threats |
| There are no known significant threats. |
Population |
Specimen records indicate that this species is rare. There are three known subpopulations, however the population size and trends are not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Utricularia cymbantha Oliv. | 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., Sieben, E. & Kamundi, D.A. 2017. Utricularia cymbantha Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04 |
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