Editor(s):
Riina, R.


  Name:      Euphorbia mauritanica   L., Sp. Pl. 452. 1753.

Status:accepted_name
Accepted Name:None
Basionym:None
Common Names:None
TOLKIN GUID:7873ab7d-6706-4bcc-8692-32a3115761b6
TOLKIN GUID URL:http://app.tolkin.org/guids/7873ab7d-6706-4bcc-8692-32a3115761b6
Type Details:
Species: None
Type Collection:
Cultivated at Eltham Garden, Kent, England
Type Date: None
Type Locality:
uncertain, but most likely from South Africa
Type Herbaria:
LECTOTYPE: Figure 373, Tabula 289 (pp 384-387) in Dillenius, J.J. (1732), Plantarum Rariorum Horti Elthamensis, Vol. 2. Croizat (1945) attributes this to H. Crantz (1766) Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 455, but Linnean Typification Project states that the type is not designated yet. Does Croizat's article in Amer. Mid. Nat. 33: 235. 1945 qualify as lectotypification?
Neo Type: None
Synonyms: show/hide
Name
Namestatus
Tithymalus flaccidus Moench, Methodus 665. 1794.
Synonym
Tithymalus mauritanicus (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 139. 1812.
Synonym
Tithymalus zeyheri Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 71. 1860.
Synonym
Euphorbia phymatoclada Boiss., Cent. Euphorb. 24. 1860.
Synonym
Tithymalus brachypus Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 74. 1860.
Synonym
Euphorbia melanosticta E.Mey. ex Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 95. 1862.
Synonym
Euphorbia hydnorae E. Mey. ex Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 95. 1862.
Synonym
Euphorbia mauritanica var. namaquensis N.E. Br. in W.H. Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 292. 1915.
Synonym
Euphorbia sarcostemmatoides Dinter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 304. 1921.
Synonym
Euphorbia paxiana Dinter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 265. 1921.
Synonym
Subgenus:
Esula
Section:
Aphyllis
Subsection:
Africanae
Ingroup Clade:
B
Description:
Pencil stem, succulent shrub, densely branched. Synflorescence with central terminal cyathium with 7-8 nectary glands, the rest of the cyathia (surrounding the central one) with 5(4) nectaries.
Habitat:
On sandy and rocky soils.
Phylogenetic Relationships: None
Comments: None
Chromosome Number: None
Uses: None
Toxicity: None
Conservation Status: None
General Distribution:
S Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal). Report (2023) of introduction in California (USA) (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166530834).
Collector
Collection number
Country
Institution code
Becker, R.
1407
Namibia
WIND, MICH, PRE, UNIN
Bruyns, P.
10064
Namibia
BOL
Bruyns, P.
11351
Namibia
BOL
Becker, R.
1142
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
1161
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
1177
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
681
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
685
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
689
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
Becker, R.
695
South Africa
MICH, PRE, UNIN
DNA Sample(s): 7666
DNA Sample(s) Sequences
References:

Hargreaves, B.J. (1992). The other spurges of Lesotho (at least allegedly). Euphorbia J. 8, 126-132.

Koutnik, D., and van Jaarsveld, E. (1987). The succulent euphorbias of the Cape Penninsula of South Africa. Euphorbia J. 4, 77-91.

Koutnik, D. (1988). The succulent euphorbias of Namibia. Euphorbia J. 5, 44-53.

Marx, G. (1994). The succulent euphorbias of the southeastern Cape Province: part two: shrubs and trees. Euphorbia J. 9, 63-84.

Morawetz, J.J., Wagner, B., Riina, R., and Berry, P.E. (2009). Euphorbia Seed Atlas - Part 1. Euphorbia World 5(3), 26-29.

Riina, R., Peirson, J.A., Geltman, D.V., Molero, J., Frajman, B., Pahlevani, A., Barres, L., Morawetz, J.J., Salmaki, Y., Kryukov, A., Bruyns, P.V., and Berry, P.E. (2013). A worldwide molecular phylogeny and classification of the leafy spurges, Euphorbia subgenus Esula (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 62, 316–342.

Williamson, G. (1996). The succulent Euphorbia species of the Richtersveld and southern Namib Desert (Sperrgebiet). Euphorbia J. 10, 98-133.

Williamson, G. (2011). Notes on miniature and dwarf Euphorbia species from the Sperrgebiet in Namibia (part 2). Euphorbia World 7(1), 5-10.


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