Accession Data

Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa

Common Name: Gingham Golf Ball

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa - (Eastern Cape, Graaff-Reinet Distr.)

Description: columnar with the age, singe flowering eyes

Accession Data

Accession #: 198800018

Accession Date: 1988-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2204

Quantity: 2

Source: J. Phillips

Provenance: Corrected name to ssp. obesa 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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006
  2. Peirson, J; Bruyns, P; Riina, R; Morawetz, J; Berry, P. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the largely succulent and mainly African Euphorbia subg. Athymalus (Euphorbiaceae), Taxon, Volume 62, Number 6, 20 December 2013, pp. 1178-1199(22)
  3. Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.

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Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa