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Scientific Name | Ranunculus dregei J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Synonyms | Ranunculus meyeri Harv. (later homonym), not of Lowe (1857), Ranunculus meyeri Harv. var. rogersii Burtt Davy, Ranunculus meyeri Harv. var. transvaalensis Szyszyl. |
Common Names | Bog Buttercup (e), Bolila-ba-linkuba-metsi (ss), Hlapi-ea-metsi-e-nyenyane (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread along the eastern escarpment of South Africa, from the Leolo Mountains in Limpopo to the Amathole Mountains in the Eastern Cape, with an outlier on the summit of the Swartberg Mountains in the Western Cape. It is rarely recorded on the central Highveld of South Africa and Lesotho. This species' range also extends northwards to the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and adjacent areas in Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland |
Description | Plants grow in peaty seeps or boggy places at high altitude, 350-3000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ranunculus dregei J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Ranunculus meyeri Harv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2013. The native and naturalised species of Peltocalathos and Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae: Ranunculeae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 43(2):179-195.
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.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Ranunculus dregei J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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