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Scientific Name | Limosella africana Glück var. africana |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Limosella aquatica in sense of R.E.Fr. (1924), not of L. (misapplied name), Limosella aquatica of other authors, not of L. (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/06/27 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread across South Africa to tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in shallow water, muddy or sandy edges of pools, and marshes. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Limosella africana Glück var. africana | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hiern, W.P. 1904. Scrophulariaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):121-420. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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.
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. Limosella africana Glück var. africana. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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