Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Tragia cannabina var. intermedia Müll. Arg. Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 976 (1913). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, ix] 68: 86 (1919). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 98 (1952).
Tragia cannabina var. hastata L. Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, ix] 68: 85 (1919).
Tragia tripartita Beille [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 55, Sér. 8: 83 (1908), non Schweinf. (1868). Types from Chad.
Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 37: 688 (1983); in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 296 (1987). Type from India.
Croton hastatus L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 1005 (1753). Type from India.
Croton urens L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 1005 (1753). Type from India.
Tragia cannabina L.f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Suppl. Pl.: 415 (1781). —Prain in F.T.A. 6, 1: 976 (1913). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, ix] 68: 84 (1919). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 106 (1921). —Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 400 (1932). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 98 (1952), nom. illegit. superfl. Type from India.
Tragia involucrata var. intermedia Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 944 (1866). Type from Sri Lanka.
Tragia involucrata var. cannabina L.f. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 944 (1866).
Information
Very like T. hildebrandtii, but differing chiefly in having all the leaves deeply 3-lobed or 3-partite, or occasionally at least some of the leaves with 1–2 lateral lobes.
Habitat
Floodplain grassland, on black clay soils, often a weed of irrigated fields
Range
Nigeria eastwards to Somalia, India and Sri Lanka
Altitude range
365 m.
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Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., near Hippo Mine, east bank of lower Save (Sabi) R., fr. 12.iii.1957, Phipps 581 (SRGH).
Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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