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Scientific Name | Jatropha orangeana Dinter ex P.G.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rarely recorded, range-restricted species (EOO 5791 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Lower Gariep Valley on the border between South Africa and Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kahams Mountain Desert, Richtersberg Mountain Desert, Noms Mountain Desert |
Description | Rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in the remote, mountainous areas of the eastern Richtersveld, where it is not threatened. |
Population |
A rarely recorded species, but possibly overlooked. It occurs in a remote and botanically relatively poorly explored area.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jatropha orangeana Dinter ex P.G.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Meyer, P.G. 1960. Euphorbiaceae. In: H. Merxmüller (ed). Weitere beiträge zur südwestafrikanischen flora. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 3:612-613.
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. 2015. Jatropha orangeana Dinter ex P.G.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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