Euphorbia guiengola

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Family: Euphorbiaceae

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Country of Origin: Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)

Description:

Uses:

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USDA Zone: 9-11?

Source: long standing unident collection member

Provenance:

9 March 2005 - Been in collection a long while, not labelled.  Succulent, herbacious euphorb with small (0.25") flowers borne fairly regularly.
27 April 2005 - Tentatively identified as E. guiengola by Paul Carlberg of the Mass. Cactus Club.  
Further investigation by CMORSE indicates flowers and plant habit very similar and that a maroon form of the plant is in cultivation.  Name change and web updates to E. guiengola made 27 April 2005 based upon this new information. 

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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. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 May 2015.
3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 21 May 2015
4. Euphorbia guiengola in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.

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