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Euphorbia breviarticulata

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Euphorbia breviarticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. breviarticulata
Binomial name
Euphorbia breviarticulata
Pax

Euphorbia breviarticulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbia breviarticulata was described by Ferdinand Albin Pax and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 84. 1904.[1][2]

Description

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It is a perennial plant with a succulent quadrangular stem and double thorns on its edges. Bushy in shape, it reaches a size of 4.5 m in height, branched from the base, or occasionally a tree of up to 6 m, the branches are fleshy, erect and extended, the lowest are prostrate.[3]

Habitat

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It is found in open or dense thickets of Acacia Commiphora , often forming thickets, on sandy soils, silt and remnants of coastal dunes, rocky outcrops, mixed with species of Lannea , Grewia and Sansevieria ; at an altitude of 60–1200 meters.

It has a close relationship with Euphorbia grandicornis ; and can be confused with the young Euphorbia bussei .

Distribution

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It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya,[4] Somalia, and Tanzania.[5]

Taxonomy

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Euphorbia is a generic name that derives from the Greek physician of King Juba II of Mauritania (52 to 50 BC - 23 ), Euphorbus, in his honor - or in allusion to his large belly - since he used Euphorbia resinifera medically. In 1753 Carlos Linnaeus assigned the name to the entire genus.

Breviarticulata is a Latin epithet that means "briefly articulated".

References

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  1. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ "Euphorbia breviarticulata Pax — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ "CJB - African plant database - Detail". www.ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ Beentje, Henk (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs, and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya. ISBN 978-9966-9861-0-8.
  5. ^ Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies. 1952.