| Author: | Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth, 1929 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Uitenhage,
Port Elisabeth; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
4,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
12 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
False
Globose Spurge, False Globose Euphorbia |
| Synonyms: |
Might
be:
Euphorbia pseudoglobosa var. juglans
D.H.Schnabel, van Veldh. & Marx, 2018.
Euphorbia juglans, Robert Harold Compton, 1935
Euphorbia
frickiana, N.E. Brown. 1931.
Euphorbia pseudoglobosa var. oshoekensis.
D.H.Schnabel, van Veldh. & Marx.
Euphorbia pseudoglobosa var. dysselsdorpensis,
D.H.Schnabel, van Veldh. & Marx. |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by
Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth in 1929. It is found
in the Uitenhage and Port Elisabeth area of South Africa, growing in
grit with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 4,5
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 15 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are yellow.
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 meand 'faulse globosa', indicating its resemblance with
Euphorbia globosa. |
