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Scientific Name | Echinochloa colona (L.) Link |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Panicum colonum L. |
Common Names | Awnless Barnyard Grass (e), Bird's Rice (e), Jungle Rice (e), Kalahari Water Grass (e), Kleinwatergras (a), Marsh Grass (e), Moerasgras (a), Shama Millet (e), 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 |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Echinochloa colona (L.) Link | 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. Echinochloa colona (L.) Link. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/22 |
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