Euphorbia decidua P.R.O. Bally & L.C. Leach |
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Family : EUPHORBIACEAE |
Protologue : Kirkia 10(1): 293 (1975) |
Information on the genus : Euphorbia |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=*Euphorbia decidua auct. sensu P.R.O.Bally & L.C.Leach p.p., excl. specim. Milne-Redhead 4251 et distr. Angola |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Dwarf, fleshy herb with a tuberous taproot; stem reduced to a subterranean growing point; branches few to numerous, simple or rarely forked or rebranched, erect, to 12 cm tall and to 6 cm thick, 3-(-4-6)-angled, deciduous; |
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Ecology : |
Wet, often badly drained woodland (Brachystegia boehmii, B. bussei), even growing inundated in clayish soils; riverbanks; completely dried up ground without other vegetation; 1000-1520 m alt. |
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Production of independant, sometimes floating leaves from the base of the spiny branches seems to be of somewhat sporadic occurrence. etc... |
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Cultivated by collectors; very slow growing plant (A. Pritchard, Introduction to Euphorbiaceae: 40, 2003). |
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Specially protected in Zimbabwe. The species will disapper as a result of agricultural development and building (Lilongwe, Malawi).
A seedling showing the characteristic leaf-bearing juvenile stage is possibly confused with a seedling of Haemanthus sp. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 1: 215 (1991)
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
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