| Scientific Name | Hyparrhenia tamba (Steud.) Stapf | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | POACEAE | Synonyms | Andropogon lepidus Nees, Andropogon lepidus Nees var. tamba (Steud.) Hack., Andropogon tamba Steud., Cymbopogon tamba (Steud.) Rendle, Hyparrhenia glauca Stent | Common Names | Berggras (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/20 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Hyparrhenia tamba is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | This species is widespread across the eastern Highveld of South Africa, from the Soutpansberg to Barberton, extending to the KwaZulu-Natal and Free State Drakensberg and adjacent areas in Lesotho. It also occurs in the Magaliesberg and along the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. The distribution range extends northwards through tropical Africa to Ethiopia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Eastern Highveld Grassland, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Rand Highveld Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Marikana Thornveld, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, East Griqualand Grassland, Zeerust Thornveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Income Sandy Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Mabela Sandy Grassland, Norite Koppies Bushveld | Description | It occurs along stream sides, on floodplains and along roadsides. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hyparrhenia tamba (Steud.) Stapf | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Cope, T. 1999. Gramineae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 2):1-253. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. and Nembudani, M.T. 2015. Identification guide to southern African grasses. Strelitzia 36. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Hyparrhenia tamba (Steud.) Stapf. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/28 |
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