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Scientific Name | Triglochin elongata Buchenau |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | JUNCAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Coastal areas from Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards along the southern and eastern Cape coast to KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Upper tidal and supratidal zones of estuarine salt marshes, edges of estuarine rivers, rarely on the margins of inland saline and brackish pans. |
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 extensive habitat loss and degradation, this species is still very common, and can be found in virtually all major estuaries along the South African coast (Köcke et al. 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Triglochin elongata Buchenau | 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 elongata Buchenau. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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