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Scientific Name | Agrostis eriantha Hack. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Agrostis eriantha Hack. var. planifolia Gooss. & Papendorf |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. Fish, R.P. Ellis, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Wetlands in grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agrostis eriantha Hack. | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Agrostis eriantha Hack. var. eriantha | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agrostis eriantha Hack. var. planifolia Gooss. & Papendorf | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agrostis eriantha Hack. var. planifolia Gooss. & Papendorf | Data Deficient | Pfab and Victor (2002) | | Agrostis eriantha Hack. var. planifolia Gooss. & Papendorf | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pfab, M.F. and Victor, J.E. 2002. Threatened plants of Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68:370-375.
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.
Victor, J.E., Mashau, A.C. and Ngobeni, V.J. 2012. POACEAE: The taxonomic and conservation status of Agrostis eriantha var. planifolia. Bothalia 42(2):202-204.
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Citation |
| Fish, L., Ellis, R.P., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2014. Agrostis eriantha Hack. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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