African Plant Database


Monadenium pedunculatum S. Carter
Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Protologue : Kew Bull. 42(4): 903 (1987)
Information on the genus : Monadenium
 
 
Status
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Euphorbia neopedunculata Bruyns (- fide Taxon 55: 413 (2006).)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Euphorbia neopedunculata Bruyns (2006)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Perennial herb, with a napoid tuberous root to 6 cm Ø, producing 1-2 subterranean woody stems to 6 cm long; annual stems 1-4, rarely branching, 2-15(-20) cm high, longitudinally ridged;
Ecology : Wooded grassland or open Brachystegia woodland with sandy or clayey soils; 450-1525 m alt.
  Near M. nervosum.
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Flora of Mozambique
 
Map
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Record n°107575
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