Euphorbia obesa ssp. obesa

Common name: Gingham Golf Ball

Family: Euphorbiaceae

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

Description: columnar with the age, singe flowering eyes

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: J. Phillips

Provenance:

Corrected name to ssp. obesa based upon information supplied by Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 9 JAN 2006

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid I
• Order: Malpighiales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Euphorbiaceae
• SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
• Tribe: Euphorbieae
• SubTribe: Euphorbiinae

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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