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Scientific Name | Carex spartea Wahlenb. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Carex bolusii C.B.Clarke, Carex dregeana Kunth, Carex dregeana Kunth var. major C.B.Clarke, Carex esenbeckiana Boeckeler var. elongata Boeck., Carex schimperiana Boeck., Carex spartea Wahlenb., Kobresia kunthiana (Kük.) T.Koyama, Kobresia kunthiana (Kük.) T.Koyama var. kunthiana, Kobresia lehmannii (Nees) T.Koyama (in part), Kobresia lehmannii (Nees) T.Koyama var. schimperiana (Boeck.) T.Koyama, Kobresia spartea (Wahlenb.) T.Koyama, Schoenoxiphium caricoides C.B.Clarke, Schoenoxiphium kunthianum Kük., Schoenoxiphium schimperianum (Boeck.) C.B.Clarke, Schoenoxiphium sparteum (Wahlenb.) C.B.Clarke, Schoenoxiphium sparteum (Wahlenb.) C.B.Clarke var. schimperianum (Boeck.) Kük., Uncinia spartea (Wahlenb.) Spreng., Uncinia sprengelii Nees |
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 | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schoenoxiphium sparteum (Wahlenb.) C.B.Clarke | 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 spartea Wahlenb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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