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Scientific Name | Huperzia gnidioides (L.f.) Trevis. |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | LYCOPODIACEAE |
Synonyms | Huperzia stricta (Baker) Tardieu, Lepidotis funiculosa (Lam.) P.Beauv., Lycopodium ambiguum Schrad., Lycopodium flagelliforme Schrad., Lycopodium funiculosum Lam., Lycopodium gnidioides L.f., Lycopodium gnidioides L.f. var. pinifolia (Kaulf.) Pappe & Rawson, Lycopodium gnidioides L.f. var. strictum (Baker) C.Chr., Lycopodium pinifolium Kaulf., Lycopodium strictum Baker, Plananthus gnidioides (L.f.) P.Beauv., Urostachys gnidioides (L.f.) Herter ex Nessel |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/10/24 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula along the southern and Eastern Cape coastal areas to KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Also extending to tropical Africa, Madagascar, Comoro and Mascarene islands. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos, Grassland |
Description | Forests and montane streambanks of the western and southern Cape, and high-altitude montane and mistbelt grassland and forests in eastern South Africa. Sometimes found as lithophyte on quartzitic boulders near mountain summits. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Huperzia gnidioides (L.f.) Trevis. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. and Burrows, S.M. 2011. Ferns of southern Africa: A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Huperzia gnidioides (L.f.) Trevis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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