Euphorbia perangusta

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Euphorbia perangusta R.A.Dyer
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
EUPHORBIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2007/07/25
Assessor(s)
R.H. Archer & J.E. Victor
Justification
Euphorbia perangusta overlaps in range with E. knobelii and is insufficiently distinct from E. knobelii to warrant recognition as a separate taxon.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
North West
Range
Marico district.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Savanna
Description
Woodland and thornveld, wedged among large rocks on the slopes of quartzitic ridges, 1000-1200 m.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Euphorbia perangusta R.A.DyerDDT 2017.1
Euphorbia perangusta R.A.DyerEN A2ace; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Euphorbia perangusta R.A.DyerEndangered Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Euphorbia perangusta R.A.DyerEndangered Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Dyer, R.A. and Letty, C. 1938. Euphorbia perangusta. Flowering plants of South Africa 18:t. 716.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Archer, R.H. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Euphorbia perangusta R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/08

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