Long-awned Water Grass

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
Common Names
Bohome-ba-liliba (ss), Burgu (e), Burgu Grass (e), Burgugrass (e), Hippo Grass (e), Langnaaldwatergras (a), Long-awned Water Grass (e), Umvuma Grass (e), Water Grass (e), Watergras (a)
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
Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv.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.


Citation
Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/23

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