Euphorbia gillettii
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Euphorbia gillettii is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia gillettii grows from fleshy, thick roots with very dense shoots that branch out from the base and reaches a height of 20 centimeters. The sharp, square and overhanging shoots are up to 30 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters thick. On the edge of the shoot there are protruding teeth 2 centimeters apart. The elongated triangular thorn shields are up to 7 millimeters in size and stand individually. Thorns up to 13 millimeters in length and secondary leaf thorns up to 1.25 millimeters in length are formed.
The inflorescence consists of almost sessile and single, simple cymen . The cyathia reach 5 millimeters in diameter and the rectangular and yellow-colored nectar glands touch each other. The bluntly lobed and almost sessile fruit is slightly purple in color and is 3.5 millimeters long and 4 millimeters wide. The egg-shaped seed is slightly wrinkled and becomes 2.5 millimeters long and 1.5 millimeters wide.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia gillettii is common in the northwest of Somalia on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1100 to 1825 meters.
The species was first described in 1977 by Peter René Oscar Bally and Susan Carter Holmes . The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Euphorbia gillettii subsp. gillettii
- Euphorbia gillettii subsp. tenuior S.Carter
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 150 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cactus and Succulent Journal Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 179, 1977. Los Angeles
Web links
- Photos and data on the species at euphorbia.de