Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia etuberculosa P.R.O.Bally & S.Carter

First published in Kew Bull. 40: 811 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
N1, 36 km N of Sheikh near “Behindulla”, Bally & Melville 16074A (K holo., EA MOG iso.)
Vernacular
Geed cambar, lanambar (Som).
Morphology General Habit
Bushy glabrous perennial 15–30 cm high and to 90 cm wide
Morphology Stem
A swollen succulent stem to 5 cm high, 2.5 cm thick, marked with prominent leaf-scars; branches numerous from the stem apex, somewhat fleshy, rebranching trichotomously and dichotomously
Morphology Leaves
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2–6 x 0.2–0.8 cm; petiole 5–10 mm long; stipules filamentous, deciduous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes clustered 2–6 at the branch apices on peduncles 2–4 cm long, forking several times, with rays 1–3 cm long; bracts sessile, ovate, 5–8 x 2.5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Cyathia 2 mm in diam.; glands 2, the outer margin minutely crenulate, the lateral margins curled inwards to form an erect tube 2.5 mm long, joined for 1.5 mm and much longer than the deeply toothed lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles 1.7 mm long, joined almost to the minutely bifid apices
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule exserted on a recurved pedicel to 7 mm long, deeply 3-lobed, 4 x 4.5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds conical with acute apex, obtusely 4-angled, with 2 horizontal constrictions, 3 x 2 mm, smooth, brown becoming black with a white ventrally flattened apex.
Distribution
N1, 2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 90–865 m.
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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