Euphorbia melanohydrata subsp. conica (Euphorbiaceae), a new subspecies from Namibia, with notes on the identification of similar medusoid euphorbias
| dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, Wessel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-04T06:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-04T06:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Euphorbia melanohydrata subsp. conica, here described as a new subspecies, is only known from a small area within the Gariep Centre of Endemism, southwestern Namibia. Diagnostic characters for subsp. conica include a distinctly conical or ovoid habit, a thickened main root usually without rhizomatous branches (plants not clump-forming), tuberculate lateral branches that often rebranch and persistent, stellate peduncles. A comparative table with diagnostic morphological features to distinguish between the two subspecies of E. melanohydrata and three other medusoid euphorbias (E. friedrichiae, E. multiceps and E. namibensis) is provided. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Pretoria | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/ | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Swanepoel, W 2012, 'Euphorbia melanohydrata subsp. conica (Euphorbiaceae), a new subspecies from Namibia, with notes on the identification of similar medusoid euphorbias', Phytotaxa, vol. 62, pp. 33-38. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1179-3155 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1179-3163 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19971 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Magnolia Press | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2012 Magnolia Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | Namibia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Euphorbia melanohydrata subsp. conica | en_US |
| dc.title | Euphorbia melanohydrata subsp. conica (Euphorbiaceae), a new subspecies from Namibia, with notes on the identification of similar medusoid euphorbias | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |