Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia inaequilatera Sond.

First published in Linnaea 23: 105 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to Pakistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2012). Nomenclature and typification of southern African species of Euphorbia. Bothalia 42: 217-245.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Yang, Y., Riina, R., Morawetz, J.J., Haevermans, T., Aubriot, X. & Berry, P.E. (2012). Molecular phylogenetics and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 61: 764-789.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 221 (1974).
  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 37 (1948).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 449 (1958).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan2: 72 (1952).
  • Hadidi in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 43: 97 (1973).
  • N.E. Br. in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 246 (1915).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert1: 478 (1948).
  • S. Carter in Kew Bulletin 39: 647 (1984).
  • Sond. in Linnaea 23: 105 (1850).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 18, 2008 Crawford, F. [46] Namibia K000450317 No
May 18, 1885 Cole, E. [s.n.] Somalia K000252797 Holotype Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000252795 Type Yes
Leendertz, R. [823] South Africa K000253200 Type Yes
Zeyher [1542] South Africa K000253198 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2476] Botswana K000253196 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] South Africa K000253187 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [1544] South Africa K000253194 Type Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000379375 Type Yes
Schimper [1133] Ethiopia K000379376 Type Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [1695] South Africa K000253189 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10083] Tanzania K000453295 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2535] Botswana K000253193 Type Yes
Nels, L. [91] South Africa K000253412 Type Yes
Schimper, M.W. [182] Ethiopia K000252796 Syntype Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6352] Tanzania K000468073 No
Richards, H.M. [19793] Tanzania K000453294 Yes
Burke [507] South Africa K000253199 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [3552] South Africa K000253195 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000253197 Type Yes
Mund; Maire [15] South Africa K000253186 Type Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3744] South Africa K000253192 Type Yes
Kirk, J.W.C. [49] South Africa K000253190 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [60] South Africa K000253188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [[1544]] South Africa K000253191 Type Yes
Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. dentata K000252956 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thulin, M. [290] Kenya Euphorbia inaequilatera var. spanothrix K000238141 Holotype Yes

Sources

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