Euphorbia sepulta
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Euphorbia sepulta is a species of the genus spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae).
description
The succulent Euphorbia sepulta grows from fleshy, thick roots with many shoots that branch below the surface of the earth and reach heights of up to 3 centimeters. Due to the large number of stem-round shoots, dense cushions up to 30 centimeters in diameter are formed. The individual rungs are up to 1.5 centimeters in diameter and nine to seventeen-sided. The edges are noticeably furrowed and have flat teeth up to 4 millimeters apart. The obovate thorn shields are up to 3 millimeters long and 1 millimeter wide. They stand individually with hardened edges in the gaps that are shaped into whitish ribs. Thorns 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters in length are formed, pointing downwards and connected at their base. The stipple spines are indistinct and hardly visible.
The inflorescence consists of almost sessile and single, simple cymen . The cyathia reach 2 millimeters in diameter. The elliptical nectar glands are colored yellow and touch each other. The ovary is bluntly lobed and the flower stalk protrudes and is bent back.
Distribution and systematics
Euphorbia sepulta is widespread in northern and central Somalia in flat and stony terrain with gaps in juniper forest at altitudes of 1640 to 2000 meters.
The species was first described in 1976 by Peter René Oscar Bally and Susan Carter Holmes .
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Dicotyledons (dicotyledons) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , pp. 199 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cactus and Succulent Journal Volume 48, Issue 3, pp. 125-127, 1976. Los Angeles
