| Euphorbia dissitispina L.C. Leach |
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| Family : EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Protologue : Kirkia 10(2): 394 (1977) |
| Information on the genus : Euphorbia |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Spiny, much branched succulent shrub, to ± 50 cm tall; branches divaricately and intricately rebranched, slender, 5-7,5 mm thick, 4-angled with the angles usually rather obtuse and the sides slightly convex, becoming subcylindric on older parts, |
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| Ecology : |
Inhabiting an otherwise bare, stony area in mixed deciduous woodland; ± 500 m alt. |
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Known from the sterile type collected in 1966 but flowering and fruiting material was obtained in 1974 from plants in cultivation in 1974 at Salisbury (= Harare).
Near E. malevola or a weak form of this. |
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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 |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°106045 |
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