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Scientific Name | Euphorbia cereiformis L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2015/10/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Euphorbia cereiformis is known only in cultivation, where it has been documented in European plant collections since the 1600s. It possibly originated from South Africa, but no wild material has ever been confidently associated with this taxon. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Range | Unknown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euphorbia cereiformis L. | DDT | 2017.1 | | Euphorbia cereiformis L. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
White, A., Dyer, R.A. and Sloane, B.L. 1941. The succulent Euphorbieae (Southern Africa) Volume II. Abbey Garden Press, Pasadena.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Euphorbia cereiformis L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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