- Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus: Euphorbia L.
Euphorbia poissonii Pax
- Genus: Euphorbia L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Gabon.
Descriptions
According to Flora of West Tropical Africa
[FWTA]Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Habit
- An erect shrub to 6 ft. high, with candelabriform branching
- Branches
- Branches silvery-grey, stout
- Leaves
- Leaves pale green, deciduous
- Flowers
- Flowers pale greenish with red stamens
- Ecology
- On rocky hills in savannah and planted
- Spines
- Sometimes with rudimentary spines, or with spines present only on young plants.
Distribution
Doubtfully present in:
Central African Repu
Native to:
Benin, Burkina, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Togo
Other Data
Euphorbia poissonii Pax appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (7 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keay, R.W.J., Nigeria | 35183.000 | |||
Dalziel, J.M. [917], Nigeria | 22025.000 | |||
Meikle, R.D. [682], Nigeria | 16752.000 | |||
Meikle, R.D. [1370], Nigeria | 22664.000 | |||
Hepper, F.N. [3917], Cameroon | 27461.048 | |||
Hepper, F.N. [3917], Cameroon | 34485.000 | |||
Poole, B. [12894], Nigeria | 22028.000 |
Bibliography
First published in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 62 (1902)
Accepted by
- Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 177.
- Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 13: 549
- Chev. Bot. 552
- —F.T.A. 6, 1: 560
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
Sources
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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