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Scientific Name | Ottelia exserta (Ridl.) Dandy |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYDROCHARITACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/05/12 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Ottelia exserta has a wide distribution in Africa and is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species occurs in north eastern South Africa, between Kruger National Park and Mkuze Game Reserve. It also occurs in Somalia south through to Kenya, Tanzania and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in lakes, pools, and slow flowing rivers, also wet mud after water has receded. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to this species. |
Population |
The population size and trend is not known, but suspected to be stable.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ottelia exserta (Ridl.) Dandy | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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.
Symoens, J.J. 2009. Hydrocharitaceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 2):18-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Ottelia exserta (Ridl.) Dandy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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