Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Isolepis digitata Schrad.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
CYPERACEAE
Synonyms
Eleogiton digitatus (Schrad.) Nees, Eleogiton digitatus (Schrad.) Nees var. dissolutus Nees, Eleogiton longifolius Nees, Isolepis dissoluta (Nees) Kunth, Isolepis dubia Kunth, Scirpus digitatus (Schrad.) Boeck., Scirpus flaccifolius Steud.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/05/17
Assessor(s)
W. Foden & L. Potter
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Isolepis digitata Schrad.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

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.


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
Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2006. Isolepis digitata Schrad. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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