|Scientific Name:||Myriophyllum spicatum|
Myriophyllum montanum Martrin-Donos
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern (Regional assessment) ver 3.1|
|Reviewer(s):||Diop, F.N., Ali, M.M. & Smith, K.G.|
Widespread species with no known major widespread threats. Listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:||Almost ubiquitous in the northern hemisphere; frequent in northern and southern Africa but rare in the tropics.|
In Western Africa there is a poor occurrence of the species. Recorded only from Cameroon In North Africa it is introduced in Egypt, but native in Lybia, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Also recorded from North Eastern Africa in Sudan (Widespread - Lake Nubia - Darfur, Jebel Murra), Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
In Southern Africa, it is found in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa (Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape).
Native:Algeria; Botswana; Cameroon; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Libya; Malawi; Malaysia; Morocco; Namibia; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Tunisia; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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|Population:||This species is a very common invasive aquatic macrophyte.|
|Current Population Trend:||Stable|
|Habitat and Ecology:||This Perennial Hydrophyte occurs submerged in permanent still and flowing water and even found in brackish conditions. M. spicatum occurs in lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches. It prefers alkaline (hard water) water systems with high dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, nitrite, and pH and in hydrosoil with high phosphat and organic matter contents.|
North-eastern Africa: Lakes, rivers, streams, canal, ditches. M. spicatum occurs in alkaline (hard water) water systems with high dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, nitrite, and pH and in hydrosoil with high phosphatse and organic matter contents.
|Major Threat(s):||There are no major threats to this species.|
|Conservation Actions:||Wetlands protection and conservation is generally recommended.|
|Citation:||Ghogue, J.-P. 2010. Myriophyllum spicatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164481A5887638.Downloaded on 26 April 2017.|
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