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Scientific Name | Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Diplachne cuspidata Launert, Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Diplachne malabarica in sense of Adamson, not of (L.) Merr. (misapplied name), Diplachne pallida Hack., Festuca fusca L. |
Common Names | Kuilgras (a), Swamp Grass (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. Fish & J.E. Victor |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Diplachne capensis Nees var. prolifera Nees | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Diplachne capensis Nees var. minor Nees | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Diplachne capensis Nees var. obscura Nees | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Diplachne capensis Nees var. concinna Nees | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Leptochloa fusca (L.) 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 |
| Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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