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Scientific Name | Pilularia dracomontana N.R.Crouch & J.Wesley-Smith |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | MARSILEACEAE |
Common Names | Drakensberg Pillwort (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, Cobham District. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | Deep sandstone tarns in high altitude montane grassland. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in a well-protected habitat and is not threatened. |
Population |
Plants are locally common in suitable habitat. It is currently known from three tarns, but is likely to be overlooked and more widespread as its habitat is in a remote and inaccessible area.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pilularia dracomontana N.R.Crouch & J.Wesley-Smith | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Crouch, N.R. and Wesley-Smith, J. 2011. PTERIDOPHYTA-MARSILEACEAE: Pilularia dracomontana, a new species of pillwort from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. Bothalia 41(1):201-204.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Pilularia dracomontana N.R.Crouch & J.Wesley-Smith. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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