Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia inaequilatera Sond.

First published in Linnaea 23: 105 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to Pakistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2012). Nomenclature and typification of southern African species of Euphorbia. Bothalia 42: 217-245.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Yang, Y., Riina, R., Morawetz, J.J., Haevermans, T., Aubriot, X. & Berry, P.E. (2012). Molecular phylogenetics and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 61: 764-789.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 221 (1974).
  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 37 (1948).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 449 (1958).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan2: 72 (1952).
  • Hadidi in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 43: 97 (1973).
  • N.E. Br. in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 246 (1915).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert1: 478 (1948).
  • S. Carter in Kew Bulletin 39: 647 (1984).
  • Sond. in Linnaea 23: 105 (1850).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 18, 2008 Crawford, F. [46] Namibia K000450317 No
May 18, 1885 Cole, E. [s.n.] Somalia K000252797 Holotype Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K004957603 Yes
Hancock, G. [2460] Uganda K004957833 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [940] Kenya K004957862 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1236] Kenya K004957593 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [5024] Kenya K004957592 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Evans, A.N. [74/648] Kenya K004957586 Yes
Richards, M. (Mrs) [19995] Tanzania K004957635 Yes
Richards, M. (Mrs) [24178] Tanzania K004957650 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Uganda K004957837 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5055] Kenya K004957859 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [17584] Tanzania K004957644 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1180] Tanzania K004957634 Yes
Tweedie [426] Kenya K004957606 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [6572] Kenya K004957610 Yes
Leendertz, R. [823] South Africa K000253200 Type Yes
Burtt, B.D. [798] Tanzania K004957647 No
Wilson, J. [1072] Uganda K004957832 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [1695] South Africa K000253189 Type Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5729] Kenya K004957611 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [356] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004955783 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [156] Kenya K004957600 Yes
Mkenda, P.M.; Elisante, F.; Njau, E.A. [PM05] Tanzania K004957648 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [24905] Tanzania K004957651 Yes
s.coll. [4209] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004955780 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [351] Kenya K004957615 Yes
[Braun] [5501] Tanzania K004957638 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5525] Kenya K004957847 Yes
Chidzinga, S.; Luke, W.R.Q. [239] Kenya K004957602 Yes
Meinertzhagen [174] K005166754 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [158A] Uganda K004957841 Yes
Polhill; Greenway [451] Kenya K004957596 Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000252795 Type Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000379375 Type Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000379376 Type Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1006] Tanzania K004957654 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8757] Tanzania K004957637 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [138] Uganda K004957844 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [1544] South Africa K000253194 Type Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6193] Kenya K004957853 Yes
Harger, R.L. [6250] Kenya K004957608 Yes
Troupin, G. [16217] Rwanda K004955778 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] South Africa K000253187 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2513] Uganda K004957835 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D501] Tanzania K004957641 Yes
Zeyher [1542] South Africa K000253198 Unknown Type Material Yes
Runyinya, B. [848] Rwanda K004955781 Yes
Small, W. [1159] Uganda K004957842 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2476] Botswana K000253196 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10083] Tanzania K000453295 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4759] Kenya K004957858 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2831] Kenya K004957588 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [317] Kenya K004957857 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [473] Kenya K004957590 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3010] Kenya K004957614 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15090] Kenya K004957849 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [[7015]] Kenya K004957607 Yes
Sangai, G.R.; Williams, G.R. [751] Kenya K004957584 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [17604] Tanzania K004957643 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6892] Tanzania K004957633 No
Brown, E.J. [EA12474] Uganda K004957839 Yes
Meinertzhagen [109] K005166753 Yes
Wood, J.M. [3552] South Africa K000253195 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [60] South Africa K000253188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [25294] Tanzania K004957649 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6856] Trinidad and Tobago K004957652 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [16181] Kenya K004957851 Yes
Meinertzhagen [99] K005166755 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Arasululu, S. [26607] Tanzania K004957656 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [2246] Kenya K004957594 Yes
Broadhurst-Hill (Mrs) [9] Kenya K004957860 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000253197 Type Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1177] Uganda K004957838 Yes
Mahinda, H.S. [496] Tanzania K004957658 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [182] Ethiopia K000252796 Syntype Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [716] Kenya K004957591 Yes
Powys, J.G. [232] Kenya K004957850 Yes
Mund; Maire [15] South Africa K000253186 Type Yes
Dümmer, R. [110] Uganda K004957843 Yes
Chandler, P. [2352] Kenya K004957855 Yes
Huxley, P. [23] Tanzania K004957655 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2717] Kenya K004957595 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Tucker [2029] Kenya K004957589 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7822] Tanzania K004957632 Yes
Graham, M.D. [68] Kenya K004957605 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3744] South Africa K000253192 Type Yes
Chandler, P. [1029] Uganda K004957840 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2535] Botswana K000253193 Type Yes
Auquier, P. [3604] Rwanda K004955777 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [366] Kenya K004957856 Yes
[C.H.J.J. Ambinon] [74/1650] Rwanda K004955779 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK2040] Uganda K004957830 Yes
[Hznery Pzdwz] [s.n.] Kenya K004957609 No
Burtt Davy, J. [[1544]] South Africa K000253191 Type Yes
Hedberg, O. [41] Kenya K004957861 Yes
Geilinger (Dr) [5034] Tanzania K004957653 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14692] Kenya K004957848 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [3107] Uganda K004957831 Yes
Beesley, J.S.S. [285a] Tanzania K004957646 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Gachathi, F.N. [20533] Kenya K004957601 Yes
Bogdan, A.; Bally [7380] Kenya K004957863 Yes
Symes, Y.E. [591] Kenya K004957846 Yes
Symes, Y.E. [708] Uganda K004957836 Yes
[H. Hindorf] [EAH14306] Kenya K004957613 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [584] Kenya K004957597 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3610] Uganda K004957834 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6352] Tanzania K000468073 No
Dummer, R.A. [5072] Kenya K004957854 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11197] Tanzania K004957657 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11171] Tanzania K004957636 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC2804] Tanzania K004957645 Yes
Faden, R.B. [68/218] Kenya K004957587 Yes
Burke [507] South Africa K000253199 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [19793] Tanzania K000453294 Yes
Ganzi, G.F. [384] Uganda K004957845 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10099] Tanzania K004957642 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [854] Kenya K004957585 Yes
Hammond, M.M. [135] Tanzania K004957640 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [6168] Kenya K004957598 Yes
Nels, L. [91] South Africa K000253412 Type Yes
Gilbert Rogers, C. [634A] Kenya K004957604 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [1957] Kenya K004957612 Yes
Kirk, J.W.C. [49] South Africa K000253190 Type Yes
Reekmans, M. [10494] Burundi K004955782 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [474] Kenya K004957852 Yes
[R Jones] [74] Tanzania K004957639 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7700] Kenya K004957599 Yes
Terry [3467] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956188 Yes
Nerciur [984] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956178 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4531] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956187 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [5040] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956197 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6236] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957555 Yes
Friis; Gilbert, M.G.; K. Vollesen [3714] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956177 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [2108] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956179 No
Glover; Samuel [2993] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957554 Yes
Kilian, N.; Lobin, W. [1832] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956195 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2868B] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956183 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B8112] Tanzania Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957559 Yes
Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K000252956 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kuchar, P. [15637] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956193 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [144] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956185 Yes
Corradi, R. [5817] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956180 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8940] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956182 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15264D] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956189 Yes
B.Stannard; Gilbert, M.G. [864-889] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957557 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12514] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956184 Yes
Lavranos; Carter [23205] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956191 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [679] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956186 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [4] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956196 Yes
Lavranos; Carter [23293] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956192 Yes
Kilian, N.; Lobin, W. [1684] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956190 Yes
Parker, C. [E534] Ethiopia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956181 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6193] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957556 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [231] Somalia Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004956194 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [16410] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K004957558 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M.; Gwynne (Dr) [1046] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957553 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B2663] Morocco Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K005166741 Yes
[Versey]; [Crales] [22] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957551 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [166] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957548 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K005167245 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B5483] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957547 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6467] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957546 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [12491] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957549 Yes
Padwa, S.H. [156] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957550 Yes
Carter, S.; Stannard, B. [254] Kenya Euphorbia granulata var. glabra K004957552 Yes
Thulin, M. [290] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. spanothrix K000238141 Holotype Yes

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