Wheeler's Spurge
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.


Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [sand dune species] |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern [sand dune species] |
Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
Warriner (SSD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Diamantina-Eyre (CHC04) | | Least Concern |
Coongie (CHC06) | | Least Concern |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Least Concern |
Pedirka (FIN04) | Finke | Near Threatened [trampling a threat] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern [sand dune species] |
3 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Rare |
4 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Pedirka (FIN04) | Finke | Near Threatened [trampling a threat] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Chamaesyce mitchelliana, partly
Euphorbia mitchelliana var. mitchelliana, questionably
Chamaesyce wheeleri
Chamaesyce myrtoides
Euphorbia myrtoides ssp. wheeleri, questionably
Euphorbia myrtoides
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges
NRM regions: Alinytjara Wilurara, South Australian Arid Lands
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 3,400 (2.1 g) 3,400 (2.1 g) | 50+ | 22-Sep-2016 | DJD3459 Lake Eyre | 1-Nov-2017 | 95% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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