| Author: | Pierre L. Boiteau,
1942 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Falaise de
l’Ankara, Northern Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
4
Centimetres |
| Height: |
70
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Rose / Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia denisiana var. ankarensis, Houyelle,
2018. |
This member og the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Pierre L. Boiteau
in
1942.
It is found in Falaise de
L'Ankarana, North-Western Madagascar, growing in
black humus on limestone escarpment. It’s an unbranched stem specie,
with
silver white hairs on both side of the leaves. The stem can grow to
four centimetres in diameter, the plant up to 70 centimetres in
height. The flowers are
greenish
inside to rose outside with red margin.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species
name after the town of I'Ankara. |
