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Scientific Name | Pycreus pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyperus pelophilus Ridl., Pycreus chorisanthus C.B.Clarke |
Common Names | Golden Sedge (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species. In spite of ongoing habitat loss, it is not yet 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 is scattered throughout tropical Africa and Madagascar. In South Africa, it has a scattered distribution in Zululand and Maputaland, the Mpumalanga Lowveld, and the dry northern regions of the Limpopo Province. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Musina Mopane Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld |
Description | Plants grow in seasonally moist alluvial flats on edges of pools and streams. |
Threats |
| It has lost about 20% of its habitat to expanding rural settlements and agriculture. Rapid loss continues in parts of Maputaland and the Lowveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pycreus pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1902. Cyperaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora of Tropical Africa 8:266-524. L. Reeve, London.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Hooper, S.S. and Napper, D.M. 1972. Cyperaceae. In: F.N. Hepper (ed). Flora of West Tropical Africa 3 part 2:278-349. Crown Agents, London.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Pycreus pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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