Euphorbia mayurnathanii
Encyclopedia
Euphorbia mayurnathanii is a species of plant
in the Euphorbiaceae
family. It was endemic to the Palghat Gap in India
, but is now believed to be extinct in the wild
. It still exists in cultivation, but international trade is controlled as it is included on Appendix II of CITES.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
family. It was endemic to the Palghat Gap in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, but is now believed to be extinct in the wild
Extinct in the Wild
Extinct in the Wild is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.-Examples:...
. It still exists in cultivation, but international trade is controlled as it is included on Appendix II of CITES.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Euphorbia mayurnathanii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.