Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
PLANTAGINACEAE
Synonyms
Gratiola juncea Roxb.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2017/05/24
Assessor(s)
H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden
Justification
Dopatrium junceum is widespread and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Range
In South Africa, this species occurs from the Limpopo River Valley to the Mpumalanga Lowveld. It is widespread throughout tropical Africa to Asia.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Major habitats
Savanna
Description
This seasonal aquatic plant occurs in pools on rock sheets and other perennially moist places.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


Fischer, E. 1997. A revision of the genus Dopatrium (Scrophulariaceae-Gratioloideae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17(5):527-555.


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.


Citation
Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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