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Scientific Name | Catabrosa drakensbergense (Hedberg & I.Hedberg) Soreng & Fish |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Catabrosa aquatica in sense of Gibbs Russ. et al, not of (L.) P.Beauv. (misapplied name), Colpodium drakensbergense Hedberg & I.Hedberg, Colpodium hedbergii in sense of Gibbs Russ. et al, not of (Melderis) Tzvelev (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/13 |
Assessor(s) | E. Sieben & L. Fish |
Justification | AOO <2 000 km², known from less than 10 locations. Most locations are from Lesotho, where livestock overgrazing and trampling is a serious threat to wetlands and a cause of habitat erosion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg Mountains around Sani Pass, widespread across Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland |
Description | Wet places, in streams and bogs at high altitudes, 2000-3500 m. |
Threats |
| Threatened in Lesotho by habitat degradation due to overgrazing and erosion in places. This species' habitat in South Africa is protected and it is not threatened. |
Population |
Catabrosa drakensbergense is rare in South Africa, but fairly widespread across Lesotho, with the majority of records from the area around Sani Pass. It is possibly declining in Lesotho, but not in South Africa. It is a localised habitat specialist of high-altitude wetlands and streams.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Colpodium drakensbergense Hedberg & I.Hedberg | VU B2ab(iii) | 2012.1 | | Colpodium drakensbergense Hedberg & I.Hedberg | VU B2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Colpodium hedbergii sensu Gibbs Russ. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Colpodium drakensbergense Hedberg & I.Hedberg | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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.
Soreng, R. and Fish, L. 2011. Catabrosa versus Colpodium (Poaceae: Poeae) in southern Africa, with a key to these genera and their species in Africa. Kew Bulletin 66(1):101-110.
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Citation |
| Sieben, E. & Fish, L. 2009. Catabrosa drakensbergense (Hedberg & I.Hedberg) Soreng & Fish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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