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Euphorbia crebrifolia

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Holotype of Euphorbia crebrifolia S.Carter [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Isotype of Euphorbia crebrifolia S.Carter [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Euphorbia crebrifolia S.Carter [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Euphorbia crebrifolia

Flora

Entry for Euphorbia crebrifolia S. Carter [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 5, (2001) Author: S. Carter & L.C. Leach
Names
Euphorbia crebrifolia S. Carter [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 45: 334 (1990). Type: Zimbabwe, Nyanga Distr., foot of Nyangani (Inyangani) Mt. near source of Matenderere (Matendere) R., 2220 m, fl. & fr. 1.viii.1988, Carter & Coates-Palgrave 2077 (K, holotype; SRGH).
Euphorbia ericoides [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu Wild in Kirkia 1: 58 (1960), non Pax.
Information
A sparsely-branched straggling herb, to c. 1 m high; branches slender, woody, minutely pubescent.Leaves subsessile; petiole flattened, to c. 1 mm long, pubescent; lamina reflexed, 2–10 × 1–2 mm, linear-lanceolate, minutely apiculate at the apex, rounded at the base, with margins entire and revolute.Cymes axillary and terminal, 4–8 clustered in pseudumbels at the branch apices, with primary rays to 1 cm long, each 1–2-forked, pubescent.Bracts sessile, to c. 4 × 3 mm, ovate, yellow.Cyathia c. 2 × 3 mm, with cup-shaped involucres; glands 4, spreading, c. 1 × 1.5 mm, transversely elliptic to ± crescent-shaped or occasionally with 2 minute horns; lobes 0.5 mm long, quadrangular, apex minutely 2-toothed, margin ciliolate.Male flowers: bracteoles laciniate, pubescent; stamens 2.3 mm long.Female flower: ovary glabrous; styles 1.2 mm long, joined at the base, with spreading bifid apices.Capsule exserted on a reflexed pedicel to 4.5 mm long, c. 3 × 3 mm, deeply 3-lobed.Seeds c. 2 × 1.3 mm, ovoid, smooth, shiny black; caruncle 0.6 mm across.
Habitat
Montane grassland amongst ericoid scrub, on rocky slopes
Range
Known only from the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border mountains
Altitude range
1220–2285 m.
2285
1220
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., fl. & fr. 6.vi.1949, Wild 2904 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., between Higher Valley and Binga (Point 71), fl. & fr. 25.ix.1966, Simon 823 (K; SRGH).

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