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Scientific Name | Euphorbia pedemontana L.C.Leach |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Common Names | Maskam Milkweed (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/10/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A localized species (EOO <5 km²) and potentially threatened by habitat loss to agricultural expansion, overgrazing and mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vanrhynsdorp, foot of the Matsikamma Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Klawer Sandy Shrubland, Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld |
Description | Flats with loamy sands. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by livestock grazing, agricultural expansion and mining. |
Population |
The population is currently stable, but it has lost habitat to crop fields in the past (N.A. Helme pers. obs.).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia pedemontana L.C.Leach | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euphorbia pedemontana L.C.Leach | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2012. Nomenclature and typification of southern African species of Euphorbia. Bothalia 42(2):217-245.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Leach, L.C. 1988. A new species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from the south-western Cape. South African Journal of Botany 54(4):501-503.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2015. Euphorbia pedemontana L.C.Leach. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |
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