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Scientific Name | Carex lancea (Thunb.) Baill. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Carex lanceus (Thunb.) Baill., Carex ramosa Eckl. ex Kunth (later homonym), not of Schkuhr (1806), Kobresia lancea (Thunb.) T.Koyama, Schoenoxiphium capense Nees, Schoenoxiphium lanceum (Thunb.) Kük., Schoenoxiphium meyerianum Kunth, Schoenoxiphium sickmannianum Kunth, Schoenus lanceus Thunb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | This taxon was not selected in any one of four screening processes for highlighting potential taxa of conservation concern for detailed assessment and was hence given an automated status of Least Concern. The Threatened Species Programme is currently systematically completing full assessments for all taxa with an automated status. If you disagree with this taxon's status, please contact the Threatened Species Programme at the link below. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schoenoxiphium lanceum (Thunb.) Kük. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Group, G.C. 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179 1-42.
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.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2005. Carex lancea (Thunb.) Baill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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