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Scientific Name | Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. subsp. muricatum |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CERATOPHYLLACEAE |
Synonyms | Ceratophyllum submersum L. subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear, Ceratophyllum submersum L. subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear var. echinatum (A.Gray) Wilmot-Dear |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/06 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, but poorly known. It is suspected to be overlooked, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | This taxon is possibly widespread across eastern South Africa, but its distribution is difficult to determine as sterile collections are identical to C. submersum. It is widespread, but rarely recorded across Africa, possibly extending as far as India and the Pacific Islands. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Description | It occurs in slow-flowing or stagnant water including seasonal highly alkaline lakes and pools, not found in brackish estuarine conditions. |
Population |
This taxon is known from scattered records in the southern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal north coast and the Lowveld.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. subsp. muricatum | 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.
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. 1991. Ceratophyllaceae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 6):124-128. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. 1997. FSA contributions 8: Ceratophyllaceae. Bothalia 27:125-128.
Wilmot-Dear, M. 1985. Ceratophyllum Revised: A Study in Fruit and Leaf Variation. Kew Bulletin 40(2):243-271.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. 2017. Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. subsp. muricatum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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