Euphorbia annamarieae
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Euphorbia annamarieae is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia annamarieae forms little branched shrubs up to 1 meter high. The shoots have a diameter of 2 centimeters at the base, side shoots have a diameter of 1 centimeter. The narrow, lanceolate leaves are spiraling on the shoots, are almost sessile and are up to 10.5 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide. The leaf scars are large and the very many, individually standing stipule spines are cartilaginous and thickened at the base.
Almost terminal cymes are formed which are roughly three-bifurcated. They stand on a stalk up to 5 centimeters long. The expanded cyathophylls are 5 millimeters in size and have small tips. They are creamy yellow to reddish in color and have hair around the edges. The cyathia are 4 millimeters in size and the nectar glands are colored yellow. The ovary is bluntly lobed. Nothing is known about the fruit and the seed.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia annamarieae is endemic to the southeast of Madagascar in the coastal rainforest near Taolanaro . The species is on the IUCN Red List and is considered endangered (Vulnerable).
The species was first described in 1991 by Werner Rauh .
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 112-113 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Euphorbia Journal Number 7, pp. 20-23, 1991