Euphorbia cryptocaulis
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Euphorbia cryptocaulis is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia cryptocaulis grows as a geophyte from a fibrous root with an underground stem axis. This is cylindrical to ovoid, is 4 inches long and 2 inches wide and is covered with 5 millimeters long, narrow and pointed warts. These are in about 14 rows on the trunk. The elongated, obovate leaves are arranged in a rosette at ground level. They are up to 3.6 inches long and 2.2 inches wide. The upper side of the leaf is blue-green and the underside is dark red. The petiole is up to 3 centimeters and the thread-like stipple spines up to 2 millimeters long.
Loose, three to four-fold bifurcated cymes are formed, which can be up to 12 centimeters high. The inflorescence stalk is up to 6 inches long and the pink bracts are 2.4 millimeters long and 2.1 millimeters wide. The square nectar glands stand individually and are more or less pink in color. The clearly lobed ovary stands on a bent stalk and protrudes. Nothing is known about the fruit and the seed.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia cryptocaulis is distributed in the south of Ethiopia , in the Sidamo Province , on limestone soils in Acacia forests at altitudes of 1350 to 1600 meters.
The species was first described in 1987 by Michael George Gilbert .
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 133-134 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kew Bulletin. Volume 42, Issue 1, 1987, p. 231.
