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Scientific Name | Nesaea wardii Immelman |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LYTHRACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Fewer than five known locations are potentially threatened by habitat degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Maputaland coastal plain, Tembe to Hluhluwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld |
Description | Muddy flats and edges of pans. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations outside protected areas are possibly threatened by habitat degradation due to overstocking of livestock, subsistence agriculture and expanding settlements and other infrastructure development. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, but is also cryptic and easily overlooked. All records are from protected areas, and wetland systems on the Maputaland coastal plain are fairly well protected.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nesaea wardii Immelman | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Nesaea wardii Immelman | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Immelman, K.L. 1991. Synopsis of the genera Nesaea and Ammannia (Lythraceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 21(1):35-49.
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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2015. Nesaea wardii Immelman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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