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Post by Peter on Nov 23, 2013 10:23:07 GMT 1
TaxonomyKingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: EUPHORBIALES Family: EUPHORBIACEAE Scientific Name: Euphorbia mayurnathaniiSpecies Authority: Croiz. Assessment InformationRed List Category & Criteria: Extinct in the Wild ver 2.3 Year Published: 1998 Date Assessed: 1998-01-01 Annotations: Needs updating Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Geographic RangeRange Description: The species was described in 1940 from three old specimens growing on a rocky ledge on the eastern spur of a hill in Pallasana situated in the Palghat Gap. The vegetation is monsoon forest and succulent plants are absent apart from this single species. It has been postulated that the climate in the past was drier and this small remnant of a previously xerophytic community survived because of its exposed position. Thorough searches have failed to locate any living wild specimens today. Countries: Regionally extinct: India Habitat and EcologySystems: Terrestrial Conservation ActionsConservation Actions: The species has been successfully cultivated. The species is subject to CITES Appendix II controls. Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Euphorbia mayurnathanii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2013. www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/37613/0
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Post by Peter on Nov 23, 2013 10:25:06 GMT 1
I've received the following e-mail:
Does anyone know if anyone is cultivating E. maynurathanii in India?
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