Euphorbia celata
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Euphorbia celata is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia celata forms perennial herbs up to 5 centimeters high with a bulbous and up to 5 centimeter large root. The dioecious plants have many subterranean and rhizome-like shoots that are up to 15 centimeters long and on which tubers form again. The above-ground shoots reach a height of 2 centimeters above the ground and are up to 5 millimeters thick. They are covered with small warts that are arranged in a spiral. The obovate leaves are up to 6 millimeters long and 5 millimeters wide. They are nearly sedentary, succulent, and short-lived.
The female cyathia stand individually on a stem and reach up to 7 millimeters in diameter. The male cyathia form simple cymen at the shoot tips. They stand on a 4 millimeter long handle and reach 4.5 millimeters in diameter. The elliptical nectar glands have small notches on the edges. The bluntly lobed fruit is about 7 millimeters in size and is almost sessile. It contains the egg-shaped seed, which is 4.5 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. It has a surface covered with flat warts.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia celata is distributed in the South African province of North Cape near Vanrhynsdorp on quartzite hills at altitudes of 100 meters.
The species was first described in 1974 by Robert Allen Dyer . A synonym for this species is Euphorbia miscella L.C. Leach (1984).
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 129 .