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Scientific Name | Triglochin milnei Horn |
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 | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Mpumalanga Highveld to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and southwards along the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains to Griqualand East. This species is also widespread further north into eastern and central Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Seasonal wetlands in grassland. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations, particularly in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, are threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural expansion, development, overgrazing. Higher altitude grasslands in the Midlands as well as in the Griqualand East area have been converted to timber plantations in the past, and only small fragments remain. |
Population |
In spite of widespread habitat loss and degradation, this species is still common within South Africa, and has been recorded from a number of protected areas in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Triglochin milnei Horn | 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 milnei Horn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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