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Scientific Name | Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Spartina capensis Nees, Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth |
Common Names | Cape Cord Grass (e), Cord Grass (e), Kaapse Slykgras (a), Strandkweek (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. Fish, J.E. Victor, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Fish, L., Victor, J.E., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2006. Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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