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Scientific Name | Nesaea cordata Hiern |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LYTHRACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Nesaea cordata is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Plants grow in North eastern South Africa, from Witwatersrand Mountains to Musina in Limpopo. It is widespread throughout Tropical Africa from Ivory coast and Sudan south to Namibia, Botswana and eSwatini (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It grows in swamps, seasonally flooded places, along rivers and boggy grassland. It is occasionally submerged in still or slowly moving water, 450-1460 m. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by competition from invasive alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nesaea cordata Hiern | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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. Nesaea cordata Hiern. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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