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Scientific Name | Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Synonyms | Batrachium trichophyllum (Chaix) Bosch, Ranunculus aquatilis in the sense of Harvey, not of L. (misapplied name), Ranunculus drouetii F.W.Schultz ex Godr., Ranunculus rionii in the sense of other authors, not of Lagger (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Water Buttercup (e), Water Crowfoot (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common 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 | Widespread across South Africa, also occurring in Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia. It is absent from tropical Africa, but occurs across North Africa, Eurasia, North America and Australia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Seasonal pools, ponds, slow-flowing streams, furrows and irrigation ditches. |
Population |
This species is common and weedy in places, often considered a problem plant in irrigation systems (Manning and Goldblatt 2013).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Specimens of this species from southern Africa were previously misidentified as Ranunculus rionii (Manning and Goldblatt 2013). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Ranunculus rionii Lagger | 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.
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 trichophyllus Chaix. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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