| Scientific Name | Euphorbia grandidens Haw. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | EUPHORBIACEAE | Synonyms | Euphorbia evansii Pax | Common Names | Big-tooth Euphorbia (e), Groottandnaboom (a), Isiphapha (z), Kleintandnaboom (a), Laeveld-naboom (a), Large-toothed Euphorbia (e), Lowveld Euphorbia (e), Naboom (a), Small-toothed Euphorbia (e), Tree Euphorbia (e), Umhlonhlo (z), Umhlonhlo Wehlathi (z), Umhlonlho (z), Umhlontlo (x), Valleibos-naboom (a), Valley-bush Euphorbia (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Euphorbia grandidens is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga | Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Mpumalanga Lowveld to Humansdorp on the Eastern Cape coast. It also occurs in eSwatini (Swaziland) and southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Kasouga Dune Thicket, Albany Mesic Thicket, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Lowveld Riverine Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Willowmore Gwarrieveld, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Southern Coastal Forest, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Northern Coastal Forest, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Fish Valley Thicket, Fish Mesic Thicket, Crossroads Grassland Thicket, Buffels Valley Thicket, Buffels Mesic Thicket, Baviaans Valley Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Thukela Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Scarp Forest, Zululand Lowveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sand Forest, Granite Lowveld | Description | It occurs in open dry woodland on rocky slopes, forested kloofs and dry dune forest margins. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia grandidens Haw. | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Euphorbia evansii Pax | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euphorbia grandidens Haw. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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Radcliffe-Smith, A. 1996. Euphorbiaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 4):1-337. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Euphorbia grandidens Haw. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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