Euphorbia breviarticulata
| Euphorbia breviarticulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. breviarticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia breviarticulata Pax
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya,[4] Somalia, and Tanzania.[5]
Taxonomy[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ "Euphorbia breviarticulata Pax — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ "CJB - African plant database - Detail". www.ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Beentje, Henk (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs, and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya. ISBN 978-9966-9861-0-8.
- ^ Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies. 1952.
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