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Scientific Name | Panicum silvestre L.Fish |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Ngoye to Port St Johns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Forest floor, often along streams. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is well-protected, and less than 5% is irreversibly modified. All forests in South Africa are protected, and there are no severe threats to most forest species. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few records, but is locally common in suitable habitat (Fish 2009). It may be overlooked and surveys are likely to show that this species is present in more forest patches than currently known.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Panicum silvestre L.Fish | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Fish, L. 2009. Poaceae: A new species fo Trichoneura eleusinoides and two new species of Panicum from South Africa. Bothalia 39(2):237-240.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Panicum silvestre L.Fish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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