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Scientific Name | Phragmites mauritianus Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Common Names | Dekriet (a), Fluitjiesriet (a), Laveldfluitjiesriet (a), Lowveld Reed (e), Rihlanga (ts) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/09/14 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, L. Fish & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Phragmites mauritianus 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, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread throughout tropical Africa. In South Africa, it occurs from Limpopo river to coastal KwaZulu-Natal through to Mtamvuna River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It is found in variable habitat, including riverbeds, swamps, along margins of lakes and ponds at an altitude of 6-1600 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phragmites mauritianus Kunth | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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., Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2016. Phragmites mauritianus Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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