Swanepoel, Wessel2009-02-132009-02-132009Swanepoel, W 2009, 'Euphorbia ohiva (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Namibia and Angola', South African Journal of Botany. [http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.innopac.up.ac.za/science/journal/02546299]0254-629910.1016/j.sajb.2008.11.009http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8892Euphorbia ohiva Swanepoel, a new species of woody Euphorbia, restricted to the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism in northwestern Namibia and southwestern Angola, is described. Illustrations and a distribution map of the new species, as well as a table of comparative morphological features to distinguish it from E. matabelensis Pax, its putative closest relative, are supplied. Diagnostic characters for E. ohiva include a peeling bark with a coppery sheen, spineless branchlets, slender, linear or linear-oblanceolate leaves and cyathia that are bisexual or male with 3–7, widely spaced (non-contiguous) and unevenly sized involucre glands.enElsevierCentre of endemismEuphorbia sp. nov.EuphorbiaceaeKaokoveldNamibiaTaxonomyWoody plants -- NamibiaWoody plants -- AngolaEuphorbia -- NamibiaEuphorbia -- AngolaPostprint Article