Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Eleocharis schlechteri C.B.Clarke
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
CYPERACEAE
Synonyms
Eleocharis seydeliana Podlech
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2018/02/27
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & E. Sieben
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Major habitats
Fynbos
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Eleocharis schlechteri C.B.ClarkeData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) 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.


Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


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.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.


Citation
Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Sieben, E. 2018. Eleocharis schlechteri C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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