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Scientific Name | Euphorbia filiflora Marloth |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Synonyms | Euphorbia filiflora Marloth var. nana G.Will., Euphorbia meyeri Nel (later homonym), not of Steud. (1840), Euphorbia nelii A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane, Euphorbia versicolores G.Will. |
Common Names | Wire Spurge (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | R.H. Archer, L. von Staden & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld to northern Namaqualand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky slopes or gravelly flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia filiflora Marloth | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Euphorbia filiflora Marloth | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euphorbia versicolores G.Will. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euphorbia versicolores G.Will. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2012. Nomenclature and typification of southern African species of Euphorbia. Bothalia 42(2):217-245.
Bruyns, P.V., Mapaya, R.J. and Hedderson, T. 2006. A new subgeneric classification for Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in southern Africa based on ITS and psbA-trnH sequence data. Taxon 55(2):397-420.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. 1. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 26(2):177-182.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Williamson, G. 1996. Euphorbia versicolores, an attractive plant from the central Richtersveld. Aloe 33(1):21.
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Citation |
| Archer, R.H., von Staden, L. & Victor, J.E. 2014. Euphorbia filiflora Marloth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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