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Scientific Name | Lindernia parviflora (Roxb.) Haines |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Bonnaya parviflora (Roxb.) Benth., Gratiola parviflora Roxb., Ilysanthes capensis (Thunb.) Benth., Ilysanthes dubia of other authors, not of (L) Barnhart (misapplied name), Ilysanthes gratioloides (L.) Benth., Ilysanthes gratioloides (L.) Benth. var. capensis (Benth.) Kuntze as 'gratiolodes', Ilysanthes parviflora (Roxb.) Benth., Ilysanthes radicans Pilg., Ilysanthes riparia of other authors, not of Raf. (misapplied name), Lindernia capensis Thunb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/06/27 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Lindernia parviflora is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | This species is widespread throughout South Africa, and almost throughout tropical Africa to India and Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Description | Plants grow in floodplains, sandy or muddy river or streambanks. They also occur in wet areas around, and in ephemeral pools on rocky outcrops or muddy margins of seasonal or permanent pans. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lindernia parviflora (Roxb.) Haines | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Philcox, D. 1990. Scrophulariaceae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 8 (Part 2):1-179. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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. Lindernia parviflora (Roxb.) Haines. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01 |
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