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Scientific Name | Jatropha latifolia Pax |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Venda, Sekhukhuneland and the Mpumalanga Lowveld, extending to Swaziland, southern Mozambique and northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Lydenburg Thornveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Central Sandy Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld |
Description | Among rocks on grassy flats, woodland, and mopani veld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jatropha latifolia Pax var. angustata Prain | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Jatropha latifolia Pax var. swazica Prain | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Jatropha latifolia Pax var. latifolia | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Brown, N.E., Hutchinson, J. and Prain, D. 1920. Euphorbiaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section II (Thymeleaceae-Ceratophylleae):216-516. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Radcliffe-Smith, A. 1996. Euphorbiaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 4):1-337. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Jatropha latifolia Pax. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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