Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia
Euphorbia gossypina

Euphorbia gossypina var. coccinea Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 120 (1894)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Kenya to N. Tanzania. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 27, 1990 Pocs, T.; Chuwa, S. [89034W] Tanzania K000238115 No
Apr 11, 1984 Bally [B12202] Kenya K000238105 No
Nov 9, 1960 Someren, D., van [2340] Kenya K000238107 No
Nov 9, 1960 Someren, D., van [232] Kenya K000238104 No
Jan 6, 1960 Hornby, R.M. [FH3088] Kenya K000238103 No
Jan 1, 1960 Tweedie [1417] Kenya K000238112 No
Jan 1, 1960 Napier, E.R. [369] Kenya K000238110 No
Jan 1, 1960 Dummer, R.A. [5313] Kenya K000238114 No
Wilkinson, W. [H31360] Kenya K000238108 No
Kenya K:SPC-25269.000 No
Hansen, O.J. [727] Kenya K000238113 No
Bally [B13557a] Kenya K000238109 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B5430] Kenya K000238102 No
Verdcourt, B. [3835] Kenya K000238100 No
Msafiri, F.; Kibui, S.; Njunge, H. [7] Kenya K000238111 No
Gilbert, M.G. [4844] Kenya K000238106 No
Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [26420] Tanzania K000238116 No
Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel, S.P.; Napier Bax, P. [2656] Kenya K000238101 No
Someren, v. [232] Kenya K:SPC-02054.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0