Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
CYPERACEAE
Synonyms
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Palla, Scirpus cubensis Poepp. & Kunth
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2008/09/22
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) LyeLeast Concern 2012.1
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) LyeLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


Larridon, I., Reynders, M., Huygh, W., Bauters, K., Vrijdaghs, A., Leroux, O., Muasya, A.M., Simpson, D.A. and Goetghebeur, P. 2011. Taxonomic changes in C3 Cyperus (Cyperaceae) supported by molecular data, morphology, embryography, ontogeny and anatomy. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144(3):327-356.


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
von Staden, L. 2008. Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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