Lightning Bush

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Clutia pulchella L. var. pulchella
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
EUPHORBIACEAE
Synonyms
Clutia galpinii Pax
Common Names
Common Lightning Bush (e), Gewone Bliksembos (a), Ikhambi Lenkosi (z), Iqadi (x), Lightning Bush (e), Oumeisieknie (a), Podimolwêtse (tw), Ufiyo (x), Umembesa (z), Umsipane (x), Ungwaleni (z), Vratjievrug-bliksembos (a), Warty-fruited Lightning Bush (e), Weerligbos (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2005/07/29
Assessor(s)
R.H. Archer & J.E. Victor
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Clutia pulchella L. var. pulchella 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.


Citation
Archer, R.H. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Clutia pulchella L. var. pulchella. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31

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