Euphorbia banae
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Euphorbia banae is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia banae forms shrubs up to 2 meters high. A branched tuber forms upright shoots with a diameter of 2 centimeters at the base. At the upper branches, the shoots have a diameter of about 3 millimeters. The closely spaced leaves are at the tips of the branches. They are short-lived, lanceolate, almost sessile and are up to 2 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. Narrow secondary leaf spines up to 10 millimeters in length are formed, which are thickened and split at the base.
The inflorescence is formed from individual cymes , which stand on a stalk about 10 millimeters long. The broadly egg-shaped cyathophylls are 3 millimeters wide and are yellow-green in color. The nodding cyathia are about 5 millimeters in size and the elliptical nectar glands are colored yellow. The ovary is almost sessile. Nothing is known about the fruits and seeds.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia banae is endemic to the southwest of Madagascar in the area of the Mahafaly Plateau.
The species was first described in 1993 by Werner Rauh .
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- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 118 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Rauh: Euphorbia banae Rauh - a new Euphorbia from Madagascar In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 44, No. 1, 1993, pp. 2-5.
