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Scientific Name | Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | NYMPHAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Nymphaea capensis Thunb. (in part), Nymphaea capensis Thunb. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Conard, Nymphaea colorata Peter, Nymphaea stellata Willd., Nymphaea stellata Willd. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Hook.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread throughout South Africa and also extends northwards through eastern tropical Africa to Kenya. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in lakes, pools, and slow-flowing rivers. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Conard, H.S. 1991. The waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea. Lark Publications, Bury St Edmunds.
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.
Verdcourt, B. 1989. Nymphaeaceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed). Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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