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Scientific Name | Tragia physocarpa Prain |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species was described from material collected in northern Namibia (Prain 1912), and was not included in Prain's revision of the South African species (Brown et al. 1920). Subsequently, isolated records from Gauteng and the northern Cape have been matched to the description. The genus Tragia is in need of revision, and many species are poorly known. Due to the uncertainty around the identity of this taxon, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed at present. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Northern Cape |
Range | Known from a few scattered records from Gauteng and the Kalahari Region of the Northern Cape. It also occurs in northern Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld |
Description | Plants grow in rocky places in grassland, bushveld and thornveld. |
Population |
A widespread, but very poorly known species, last recorded in 1960. It may be overlooked, and possibly confused with other similar species.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tragia physocarpa Prain | DDT | 2020.1 | | Tragia physocarpa Prain | 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.
Prain, D. 1912. Diagnoses Africanae, XLVIII: Tragia. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1912(5):235-240.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Tragia physocarpa Prain. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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