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Scientific Name | Chlorophytum cyperaceum (Oberm.) Nordal |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AGAVACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthericum cyperaceum Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 23 622 km²) grassland species. Although threatened in places, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Limpopo and Mpumalanga Highveld, from the Wolkberg and Waterberg to Middelburg and Lydenburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Montane grassland and wooded grassland. |
Threats |
| Threatened in places by habitat loss to mining, particularly around Middelburg and in Sekhukhune. Much of the highveld grasslands between Middelburg and Lydenburg have been lost to crop cultivation and is degraded due to overgrazing. On the escarpment near Lydenburg it has also lost habitat to timber plantations. Most of its habitat in the Waterberg and Wolkberg is protected, however, spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants as well as livestock grazing is causing ongoing habitat degradation in parts of the Wolkberg. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chlorophytum cyperaceum (Oberm.) Nordal | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anthericum cyperaceum Oberm. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Kativu, S. and Nordal, I. 1993. New combinations of African species in the genus Chlorophytum (Anthericaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 13(1):59-65.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1962. A revision of the South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra. Bothalia 7:669-767.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Chlorophytum cyperaceum (Oberm.) Nordal. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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