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Scientific Name | Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ALISMATACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/20 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, E. Sieben, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Limnophyton obtusifolium is known from five locations in South Africa and is likely to occur at few more locations. It is potentially threatened by prolonged periods of droughts and invasion of habitat by alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, extending northwards to tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Granite Lowveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | This aquatic herb grows in shallow temporary and permanent pools, ponds, ditches and swamps, up to 1000 m. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to the species, but it likely to be threatened by competition from alien invasive species and prolonged periods of droughts. |
Population |
This taxon is widely distributed, and is likely to be overlooked. It was last recorded in 1988 in South Africa.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Martins, E.S. and Catarino, L. 2009. Alismataceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 2):1-15. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1966. Alismataceae. In: L.E. Codd, B. De Winter and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 1:96-99. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2018. Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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