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Scientific Name | Euclea dewinteri Retief |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EBENACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.E. van Wyk |
Justification | Known from one site, the only subpopulation occurs entirely within a formally protected provincial nature reserve and there are no threats to this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Pilgrim's Rest. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Quartzite hill slopes, often rooted in crevices between boulders, in grasslands. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euclea dewinteri Retief | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euclea dewinteri Retief | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Retief, E. 1986. A new species of Euclea from the Transvaal. Bothalia 16(2):228-229.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & van Wyk, A.E. 2005. Euclea dewinteri Retief. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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