Euphorbia melitensis

Euphorbia melitensis
	Euphorbia melitensis
Systematics
Family :	Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae)
Subfamily :	Euphorbioideae
Tribe :	Euphorbieae
Sub tribus :	Euphorbiinae
Genre :	Spurge ( Euphorbia )
Type :	Euphorbia melitensis
Scientific name
	Euphorbia melitensis
	Parl.

Euphorbia melitensis is a plant from the family of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It is found exclusively in Malta.

description

Euphorbia melitensis is a densely growing subshrub that usually reaches heights of up to 0.5 meters, rarely up to 1 meter. Spring is in bloom. The plants are dioecious , the small and inconspicuous flowers arranged in the characteristic cyathium are surrounded by light yellow bracts . The fruit is a triple-lobed, spiny capsule .

distribution

Euphorbia melitensis is only native to Malta , in the local garrigues . It is common and a preferred host of the Quendel silk ( Cuscuta epithymum ).

Systematics and botanical history

The species was first described by Filippo Parlatore in 1869 , it is occasionally assigned to Euphorbia spinosa .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Hans Christian Weber, Bernd Kendzior: Flora of the Maltese Islands - A Field Guide , ISBN 3-8236-1478-9 , p. 142.
↑ SM Haslam, PD Sell, PA Wolseley: A Flora of the Maltese Islands , Msida (Malta), 1977, p. 179.

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[field-1] A ^b Hans Christian Weber, Bernd Kendzior: Flora of the Maltese Islands - A Field Guide , ISBN 3-8236-1478-9 , p. 142.

[hsw-2] SM Haslam, PD Sell, PA Wolseley: A Flora of the Maltese Islands , Msida (Malta), 1977, p. 179.