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Euphorbia knuthii subsp. johnsonii N.E. Br. L.C. Leach [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 johnsonii N.E. Br. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 571 (1911). —White, Dyer & Sloane, Succ. Euphorb. 2: 736 (1941). —Leach in Kirkia 3: 34 (1962).
Euphorbia knuthii subsp. johnsonii N.E. Br. L.C. Leach [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. S. African Bot. 39: 20, photo fig. 13 (1973). Type: Mozambique, Machanga Distr., Cherinda, fl. 11.viii.1907, W.H. Johnson 271 (K, holotype).
Information
Plants solitary with a single large tuberous root to c. 25 × 8 cm, sometimes ± rhizomatous but without subsidiary tubers or plantlets; branches to 20 cm long, 2–3(4)-angled; cymes usually reduced to solitary cyathia.
Habitat
In floodplain grassland often near large saline pans
Range
Known only from the coastal plain between Rio Búzi and Rio Save, concentrated mainly near Cherinda with a scattered distribution northwards to Ampara
Altitude range
4–8 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique MS Machanga Distr., between R. Búzi and R. Gorongosa (Gorongose), coastal plain, fl. 29.viii.1961, Leach 11240 (BM; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).
Euphorbia knuthii subsp. johnsonii N.E. Br. L.C. Leach [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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