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Scientific Name | Pycreus cooperi C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | F. Cholo & W. Foden |
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, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It is widespread across eastern South Africa, also occurring in Swaziland and Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in wetlands and shallow streamlets. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pycreus cooperi C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1898. Cyperaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VII (Pontederiaceae to Gramineae):149-310. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Pycreus cooperi C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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