Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (11).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (10).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (8).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (4).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (3).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (12).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (9).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (2).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (14).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (7).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (13).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (5).JPG
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus, L. Nanyeni 1243--Namibia. Pepperkorrel Farm off D1472. 27 Mar 2018. DSC03632 (6).JPG
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 247.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 256.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 248.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 251.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 250.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 249.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 252.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 246.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 253.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 254.jpg
Croton gratissimus--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 255.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Croton gratissimus
var. gratissimus
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Identified as
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Shrub c. 1 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Croton
Specific Epithet
gratissimus
Authorship
Burch.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#303,501 of 335,497
Top 91%
Extinction probability
6%
