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Monadenium lugardiae
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Photo: James Varden
Chewore Safari Area
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Chewore Safari Area
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| Synonyms: |
Euphorbia lugardiae (N.E. Br.) Bruyns |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Succulent perennial, 10-60 cm tall. Stems glabrous, branching from the base, erect or shortly decumbent, thick, 1.5-3 cm in diameter with a diamond-shaped pattern of shallow tubercles. Tubercles c. 1.5 × 1 cm with circular leaf scars at each apex; leaf scars without prickles. Leaves c. 9 × 4 cm, subsessile, obovate, fleshy, crowded towards the apex of the stems. Cymes axillary, simple. Cyathia c. 4 × 3.5 mm, with cup-shaped involucres; gland c. 2mm tall, cream with yellow rim. Capsule c. 6 × 6 mm, with a pair of fleshy crested ridges along the sutures, exserted on a reflexed pedicel. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lugardiae: named after Charlotte Eleanor Lugard-Howard, professional painter and plant collector who was married to Major Edward James Lugard. Both collected extensively in Botswana. |
| Habitat: | On granite outcrops and among rocks in sandy miombo woodland and wooded grassland; also in shade on termite mounds. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal) and Eswatini. |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 23 October 2015 |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Pages 449 - 450. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 42. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 58. |
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