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Scientific Name | Euclea schimperi (A.DC.) Dandy |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EBENACEAE |
Synonyms | Euclea bilocularis Hiern, Euclea kellau Hochst., Euclea racemosa Murray subsp. schimperi (A.DC.) F.White, Euclea urijiensis Hiern, Kellaua schimperi A.DC., Royena macrophylla E.Mey. ex A.DC. |
Common Names | Glossy Guarri (e), Witstam (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/10/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, from Humansdorp to the Kruger National Park, and extending northwards through eastern and tropical Africa to Ethiopia, Yemen and Oman. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Bushveld, riverbanks, forest and coastal scrub. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euclea schimperi (A.DC.) Dandy | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
De Winter, B. 1963. Ebenaceae. In: R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of southern Africa 26 (Myrsinaceae-Apocynaceae):54-99. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Euclea schimperi (A.DC.) Dandy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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