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Scientific Name | Dracoscirpoides ficinioides (Kunth) Muasya |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Isolepis ficinioides (Kunth) Steud., Scirpus ficinioides Kunth |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/06/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | High-lying areas of the eastern Free State, and the Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal an Eastern Cape Drakensberg, extending southwards to the Amathole Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Senqu Montane Shrubland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Zastron Moist Grassland, Mabela Sandy Grassland |
Description | Margins of streams and damp places in montane grassland, 350-3000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Scirpus ficinioides Kunth | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Scirpus ficinioides Kunth | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Muasya, A.M., Reynders, M., Goetghebeur, P., Simpson, D.A. and Vrijdaghs, A. 2012. Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) - a new genus from southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral ontogeny. South African Journal of Botany 78:104-115.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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. 2018. Dracoscirpoides ficinioides (Kunth) Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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