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Scientific Name | Elytrophorus globularis Hack. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Elytrophorus africanus Schweick. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/05 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. Fish |
Justification | A highly disjunct distribution that might not easily be recolonized from non-South African subpopulations. Potentially threatened in South Africa by alien plant invasion and changes in hydrology associated with upstream water extraction for agriculture, as well as by an application for mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Nylsvley in South Africa. Also in tropical Africa extending south to Namibia, Botswana and east to Tanzania. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Springbokvlakte Thornveld |
Description | Wet depressions and vleis, seasonally submerged, bottom-rooted or floating at edges of vleis and pans. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elytrophorus globularis Hack. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Elytrophorus globularis Hack. | Not Threatened | 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.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2006. Elytrophorus globularis Hack. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/22 |
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