Common name: Medusa's Head
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Country of Origin: South Africa - Western Cape
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Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
- SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
- Tribe: Euphorbieae
- SubTribe: Euphorbiinae
References:
- Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006
- Plantlist.org - visited 4MAR2013
- 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)
- Euphorbia caput-medusae in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.
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