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Scientific Name | Lemna minor L. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | LEMNACEAE |
Common Names | Damslyk (a), Duckweed (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/12 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Lemna minor is a widespread and common species that is likely to be threatened by droughts. It does not qualify for a category of threat according to one of the five IUCN criteria. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Helderberg in Western Cape across to Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. Also occurs in Lesotho, and cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It is found in wide range of aquatic habitats. |
Threats |
| Areas around the species habitat have been developed in the past, but there are no severe threats to this species. Competition from alien plant s and droughts are likely to be a threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lemna minor 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. Lemna minor L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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