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Scientific Name | Euphorbia louwii L.C.Leach |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/13 |
Assessor(s) | P.J.D. Winter & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO 300 km². Although there is surrounding habitat degradation by overgrazing and flat sandy areas are cultivated, this species grows in very rocky areas which are protected from these pressures. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Northern margins of the Waterberg range around Merken in the Mokopane district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Roodeberg Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Wedged among rocks in open woodland on sandstone and conglomerate hills and ridges, 1000-1300 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia louwii L.C.Leach | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euphorbia louwii L.C.Leach | 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.
Leach, L.C. 1980. A new species of Euphorbia (section Tetracanthe) from the Transvaal. Journal of South African Botany 46(2):207-211.
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 |
| Winter, P.J.D. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Euphorbia louwii L.C.Leach. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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