Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Heteranthera callifolia Rchb. ex Kunth
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
PONTEDERIACEAE
Synonyms
Heteranthera kotschyana Fenzl ex Solms
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/01/26
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Gauteng, Limpopo, North West
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Heteranthera callifolia Rchb. ex KunthLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Heteranthera callifolia Rchb. ex KunthNear Threatened Pfab and Victor (2002)
Bibliography

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


Pfab, M.F. and Victor, J.E. 2002. Threatened plants of Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68:370-375.


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
Victor, J.E. 2006. Heteranthera callifolia Rchb. ex Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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