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Scientific Name | Panicum subalbidum Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Panicum glabrescens Steud., Panicum proliferum Lam. var. longijubatum Stapf |
Common Names | Elbow Buffalo Grass (e), Elmboogbuffelgras (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/01 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, L. Fish & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Panicum subalbidum is a widespread and common species that is not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | This species is widespread across the northern and eastern parts of South Africa extending westwards to Kruis river in the Western Cape. It also occurs in the tropical and subtropical regions of the northern and southern hemisphere. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow on clay soils, disturbed areas, in or near water, edges of lakes and along rivers at an altitude of 4-1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Panicum subalbidum Kunth | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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.
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 |
| Mtshali, H., Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2017. Panicum subalbidum Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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