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Scientific Name | Tragia minor Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Common Names | Brandneuker (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/07/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Tragia minor is a widespread species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 77 477 km² that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across Magaliesberg to the Mpumalanga highveld escarpment, southwards to Zululand. It also occurs in Mozambique and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soweto Highveld Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | Plants grow in stony soils in grassland and wooded grassland. |
Threats |
| It has lost habitat to timber plantations in the past. It is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion in Gauteng, but this affects a small proportion of its range. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tragia minor Sond. | 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Tragia minor Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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