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Scientific Name | Schoenoplectus muriculatus (Kük.) Browning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Scirpus muriculatus Kük. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Schoenoplectus muriculatus is a widespread and common species and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | This species is found throughout South Africa, from Queenstown extending northwards to Polokwane. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in permanently wet swamps. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schoenoplectus muriculatus (Kük.) Browning | 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 muriculatus (Kük.) Browning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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