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Scientific Name | Juncus dregeanus Kunth subsp. dregeanus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | JUNCACEAE |
Synonyms | Juncus mollifolius Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Juncus subcuneatus Adamson, Juncus subglobosus Adamson, Juncus submonocephalus Steud. |
Common Names | Biesie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/31 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
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 | it is widespread throughout South Africa, from Cederberg to Waterberg. It also occurs in Lesotho and eSwatini (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It occurs along edges of rivers, marshes, vleis, and seasonally flooded areas, ± 2840 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Juncus dregeanus Kunth subsp. dregeanus | 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.
Van Ginkel, C.E., Glen, R.P., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Muasya, M. and Van Deventer, P.P. 2011. Easy identification of some South African wetland plants. WRC Report No. TT 479/10. South African Water Research Commission, Gezina.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Juncus dregeanus Kunth subsp. dregeanus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/11 |
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