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Scientific Name | Eriocaulon hydrophilum Markötter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ERIOCAULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/06/22 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Eriocaulon hydrophilum is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across the eastern Drakensberg Escarpment, from around Graskop in Mpumalanga to the southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. It also extends into Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | It occurs in wet places, along streams or in still water in high altitude grassland. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations in southern Mpumalanga and the Free State are threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation, predominantly due to development of agricultural infrastructure such as dams and drainage of wetlands, as well as erosion and degradation of wetland systems due to overgrazing. Its habitat in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg is well-protected and subpopulations in this area have no severe threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eriocaulon hydrophilum Markötter | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1985. Eriocaulaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 4 Part 2 Xyridaceae-Juncaceae:9-21. Botanical Research 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.
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 |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Eriocaulon hydrophilum Markötter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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