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Scientific Name | Ophioglossum lancifolium C.Presl |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | OPHIOGLOSSACEAE |
Synonyms | Ophioglossum braunii Prantl |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and quite possibly overlooked species that is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Known from scattered records across South Africa, and southern and tropical Africa as well as Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Seasonally moist places. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ophioglossum lancifolium C.Presl | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Burrows, J.E. 1990. Southern African ferns and fern allies. Frandsen Publishers, Sandton.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Ophioglossum lancifolium C.Presl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/21 |
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