Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia brevitorta P.R.O.Bally

First published in Fl. Pl. Africa 33: 1288 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya. It is a succulent tuberous subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 223 (1974).
  • Bally in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 33, t. 1288 (1959).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1957 Bally, P.R.O. [B11475] Kenya K000237617 Holotype Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5105] Kenya K:SPC-35964.000 No
Bally [E 162] Kenya K:SPC-44035.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; DV [5105] Kenya K000237619 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald [207] Kenya K:SPC-05204.000 No
Beentje, H.J. [1672] Kenya K000237618 No
Leakey [E. 97] Kenya K:SPC-02026.000 No
Gardner, H.M. [E. 34] K:SPC-05203.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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