Scleria pulchella

Little is known about this species except that it was found growing near the river close to Humpata and Palanca in the Huíla Province. It was last collected in 1952. This whole area is now largely covered with small and large agricultural fields (Mendelsohn 2019, Google Earth 2020), hence, it is treated as a single threat-based location. Due to a lack in collecting efforts, it is unclear whether the species still persists in this area, and whether it may occur in a broader range, although the Lubango Highlands (Serra de Chela) are known for their high numbers of local plant endemics, with potentially over 200 endemic species (Goyder and Gonçalves 2020).