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Scientific Name | Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Schoenoplectiella articulatus (L.) Lye, Scirpus articulatus L. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It occurs in Maputaland coastal plain through to Malamulele. It also occurs in Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in seasonally flooded places, swamps and sometimes brackish water. |
Population |
A combination of herbarium specimens and field surveys conducted in 2011 during the wetland project for Water Research Commission (Report No. 1980/1/14) indicate that there are 12 scattered subpopulations. However, extensive areas of suitable habitat has not yet been surveyed, and it may be more common.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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