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Scientific Name | Carex rhodesiaca Nelmes |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Carex austro-africana (Kük.) Raymond |
Common Names | Cat's Tail Sedge (e), Nodding Sedge (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | F. Cholo, W. Foden & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, extending to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Seasonally wet places and streambanks, often rooted in shallow, slowly flowing water. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Carex rhodesiaca Nelmes | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Carex austro-africana (Kük.) Raymond | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gehrke, B. 2011. Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166(1):51-99.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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. & von Staden, L. 2014. Carex rhodesiaca Nelmes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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