Accession Data

Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra

Common Name: African Milk Bush

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Country of Origin: C Kenya

Description: leafy shrub to 5m, this form with pronounced purplish-red leaves

Accession Data

Accession #: 198502428

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2208

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Provenance: Corrected name to Synadenium compactum var. rubrum from S. grantii rubra based upon information supplied by Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 9 JAN 2006

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Malpighiales

Family: Euphorbiaceae

SubFamily: Euphorbioideae

Tribe: Euphorbieae

SubTribe: Euphorbiinae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 18 September 2014.
  2. Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006
  3. Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.

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Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra