Notes on Euphorbia mauritanica, E. gossypina and some related species with an amplified description of E. berotica | Zendy

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Notes on Euphorbia mauritanica, E. gossypina and some related species with an amplified description of E. berotica

Author(s) -

L. C. Leach

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

bothalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2311-9284

pISSN - 0006-8241

DOI - 10.4102/abc.v11i4.1492

Subject(s) - confusion , biology , taxon , botany , zoology , ecology , evolutionary biology , psychology , psychoanalysis

Some aspects of the possible evolutionary development in the Euphorbia mauritanica—lateriflora—gossypina complex are discussed, and the seed morphology is considered probably to be of considerable significance in the taxonomy of the group. The relevance of the recently discovered relic population of E. gossypina is also considered, and a detailed description of this species, based on the Rhodesian material, is provided.

The identity of the little known E. berotica N.E. Br. from Angola is established and an amplified description drawn up. Attention is also given to the confusion concerning the type locality and distribution of E. mauritanica L. var. lignosa White, Dyer & Sloane.

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