Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia polycnemoides Hochst. ex Boiss.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 46 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Dry Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Yemen, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 552.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 506

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 46 (1862).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 455 (1958).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 71 (1952).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 421 (1958).
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 506 (1911).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gairdner, A.E. (Miss) [562] K004799117 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [355] Cameroon K004955771 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2488] Tanzania K004957694 Yes
[Ed. Bounougcu] [109] Norfolk Island K004955772 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10077] Tanzania K004957693 Yes
Smith, P.P. [0427] Zambia K000776130 Yes
Pawek, J. [11070] Malawi K004799120 Yes
McClounie, J. [171] K004116600 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC4567] Tanzania K004957692 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2753] Central African Republic K004955767 Yes
Tessmann, G. [2504] Congo, Republic of the K004955774 Yes
Pawek, J. [14332] Malawi K004799121 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3989] Tanzania K004957690 Yes
Lisowski, S. [[11747]] Congo, Republic of the K004955773 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1556] Malawi K004799122 Yes
Fay, M.J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K004955769 Yes
Lovett, P.; Kayombo, C. [146] Tanzania K004957689 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K004955768 Yes
s.coll. [[1381]] Malawi K004799123 Yes
Jean Louis [4764] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004955770 Yes
{MMC/Rhod.} [11] Zimbabwe K004799113 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3386] Central African Republic K004955765 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M.; Banda, E.A. [16327] Malawi K004799116 Yes
Lovett, P.; Kayombo, C. [169] Tanzania K004957696 Yes
Fay, J.M. [2731] Central African Republic K004955766 Yes
Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [14168] Ethiopia K004957205 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9459] Tanzania K004957691 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004799124 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [358] Zambia K004799118 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [288] Botswana K004799119 Yes
Pawek, J. [13880] Malawi K004799115 Yes
Pawek, J. [14042] Malawi K004799114 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2459] Tanzania K004957695 Yes

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