Euphorbia schimperiana Scheele

First published in Linnaea 17: 344 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Patzelt, A., Harrison, T., Knees, S.G. & Hartley, L.A. (2014). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXI. New records from the Sultanate of Oman. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 71: 161-180.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [647] Cameroon K000338888 No
Mar 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [704] Cameroon K000338887 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9332] Cameroon K000085093 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9332] Cameroon K000180559 No
Jan 1, 1953 Boughey, A.S. [6817] Cameroon K000180545 No
Jones, E.W. [9359] Cameroon K000180537 No
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14650] Ethiopia K001553633 Yes
Scott, H. [328] Ethiopia K:SPC-05225.000 No
Morton, J.K. [691] Cameroon K000180544 No
Bally, P.R.O. [10094] Ethiopia K:SPC-02593.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9359A] Cameroon K000180538 No
Mann, G. [2066] Cameroon K000180567 Yes
Ash [1204] Ethiopia K:SPC-35664.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [1026] Cameroon K000180554 No
Preuss, P.R. [636] Cameroon K000180565 Yes
Schimper, W. [539 (897. ?)] K000253608 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28636] Cameroon K000180540 No
Tekwe, C. [360] Cameroon K000085120 Yes
Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10829] Cameroon K000180557 No
Jones, E.W. [9359] Cameroon K000180536 No
Ash [1113] Ethiopia K:SPC-35510.000 No
Migeod, F. [134] Cameroon K000180558 No
Mann, G. [1265] Cameroon K000180564 Yes
Ash [1271] Ethiopia K:SPC-35632.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10798] Tanzania K:SPC-27323.000 No
Mann, G. [1265] Cameroon K000180562 Yes
Dunlap [88] Cameroon K000180542 No
Ash [1679] Ethiopia K:SPC-34292.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0