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Scientific Name | Trichoneura eleusinoides (Rendle) Ekman subsp. limpopoensis L.Fish |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted subspecies (EOO 9592 km²), but most of its habitat is well-protected and it is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Limpopo Valley north of the Soutpansberg to northern Kruger National Park. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Sandy soils derived from quartzite, crevices on rock slabs or ledges, or along rivers and streams. |
Threats |
| Large sections of this subspecies' habitat is well-protected within formal protected areas as well as an extensive network of private game farms, with less than 20% currently irreversibly modified. Some communally owned areas in the Venda area are severely overgrazed and degraded, but this affects only a small proportion of this species' range. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| T. eleusinoides subsp. eleusinoides occurs in Namibia and Angola. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trichoneura eleusinoides (Rendle) Ekman subsp. limpopoensis L.Fish | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Fish, L. 2009. Poaceae: A new species fo Trichoneura eleusinoides and two new species of Panicum from South Africa. Bothalia 39(2):237-240.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Trichoneura eleusinoides (Rendle) Ekman subsp. limpopoensis L.Fish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/11/01 |
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