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Scientific Name | Triglochin buchenaui Köcke, Mering, & Kadereit |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | JUNCAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Velddrif to Kenton-on-Sea. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Description | Periodically flooded places along lower salt marsh estuaries. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation, mainly due to the disruption of water dynamics in coastal estuaries as a result of damming of rivers as well as coastal development. |
Population |
In spite of habitat loss and degradation, this species is still common in all of the major coastal estuaries along the Western and Eastern Cape coasts. It is particularly abundant in the Swartkops River Estuary near Port Elizabeth, Berg River Estuary at Velddrif and along the Langebaan Lagoon (Köcke et al. 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Triglochin buchenaui Köcke, Mering, & Kadereit | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Köcke, A.V., Von Meiring, S., Mucina, L. and Kadereit, J.W. 2010. Revision of the Mediterranean and southern African Triglochin bulbosa complex (Juncaginaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 67(3):353-398.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Triglochin buchenaui Köcke, Mering, & Kadereit. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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