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Scientific Name | Brachiaria xantholeuca (Schinz) Stapf |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Brachiaria pubifolia Stapf, Panicum xantholeucum Schinz |
Common Names | Phetola (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Brachiaria xantholeuca is a widespread and common weedy species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld, with scattered records from southern Limpopo, eastern North West Province and the KwaZulu-Natal coast. It is also widespread across southern and tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Zululand Lowveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Granite Lowveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Sand Forest, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Makatini Clay Thicket |
Description | It occurs in sandy loam to clayey soils among trees, often near water and in overgrazed or disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachiaria xantholeuca (Schinz) Stapf | 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.
Launert, E. 1971. Gramineae. In: A. Fernandes, E. Launert and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 1):11-152. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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. 2019. Brachiaria xantholeuca (Schinz) Stapf. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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