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Scientific Name | Euphorbia herrei A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Common Names | Lidjiesmelkbos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & P.C.V. Van Wyk |
Justification | An extremely rare and localized species (national EOO <1 km²), known from a single location where it is declining due to ongoing habitat loss. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Lower Gariep Valley, along the border between South Africa and Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Gariep Hills Desert, Western Gariep Lowland Desert |
Description | Gravelly alluvial pavements. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to mining in South Africa (P.C.V. van Wyk pers. obs.), and in Namibia also potentially threatened by mining (Loots 2005). |
Population |
In South Africa this species is known from a single location, where it continues to decline due to habitat loss. In Namibia, it is known from three to six subpopulations, where it also occurs in a mining area, although no population decline has been reported (Loots 2005).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia herrei A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane | CR B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Euphorbia herrei A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Loots, S. 2005. Red Data Book of Namibian plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 38. SABONET, Pretoria and Windhoek.
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.
White, A., Dyer, R.A. and Sloane, B.L. 1941. The succulent Euphorbieae (Southern Africa) Volume I. Abbey Garden Press, Pasadena.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Euphorbia herrei A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/20 |
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