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Scientific Name | Laurembergia repens (L.) P.J.Bergius subsp. brachypoda (Welw. ex Hiern) Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | HALORAGACEAE |
Synonyms | Laurembergia tetrandra (Schott) Kanitz, Laurembergia tetrandra (Schott) Kanitz subsp. brachypoda (Welw. ex Hiern) A.Raynal, Serpicula repens L., Serpicula repens L. var. brachypoda Welw. ex Hiern |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/12 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread throughout South Africa, tropical and subtropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in sandy or muddy margins of water bodies and moist path sides. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Laurembergia repens (L.) P.J.Bergius subsp. brachypoda (Welw. ex Hiern) Oberm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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.
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. Laurembergia repens (L.) P.J.Bergius subsp. brachypoda (Welw. ex Hiern) Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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