| Scientific Name | Cymbopogon prolixus (Stapf) E.Phillips | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | POACEAE | Common Names | Tamboekiegras (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Cymbopogon prolixus is 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, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape | Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, with a few scattered records from the arid western interior. It also occurs in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Eastern Upper Karoo, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Marikana Thornveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Uniondale Shale Renosterveld, Western Little Karoo, Kango Limestone Renosterveld, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Baviaans Valley Thicket, Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland, Albany Mesic Thicket, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Langkloof Shale Renosterveld, Stormberg Plateau Grassland, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Grass Ridge Bontveld, Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Southern Karoo Riviere, Boland Granite Fynbos, Swartberg Shale Fynbos, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, Gamka Valley Thicket, Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Kango Conglomerate Fynbos, Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Namaqualand Strandveld, Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo, Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld, Eastern Little Karoo, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Senqu Montane Shrubland, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Gamka Karoo, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Basotho Montane Shrubland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Albany Bontveld, Leolo Summit Sourveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Queenstown Thornveld, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland | Description | It occurs on rocky hillsides. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cymbopogon prolixus (Stapf) E.Phillips | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | 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.
Gibbs Russell, G.E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N.P., Anderson, H.M. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 58:1-437. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. 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. Cymbopogon prolixus (Stapf) E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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