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Taxon

Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke

Protologue Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4(1): 158. 1891 [Dec 1891]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 227.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 227.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 229.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 229.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 233.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 233.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 228.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 228.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 231.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 231.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 230.jpg

Euclea crispa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 230.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 17, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ebenaceae

Genus

Euclea

Specific Epithet

crispa

Authorship

(Thunb.) Gürke

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.8

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#67,868 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →