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Scientific Name | Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cladium jamaicense Crantz, Cladium mariscus in sense of C.B.Clarke, not of (L.) Pohl (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Saw Grass (e), Saw-Grass (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/22 |
Assessor(s) | F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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. 2006. Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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