Euphorbia depauperata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
var. tsetserrensis S. Carter

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Euphorbia depauperata var. tsetserrensis

Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
On the western buttress, Tsetsera plateau

Euphorbia depauperata var. tsetserrensis

Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
On the western buttress, Tsetsera plateau

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Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb, producing numerous annual stems, up to 60 cm high. Leaves more or less broadly obovate, up to 8 cm long, rounded at the apex. Fruit shallowly 3-lobed, densely verrucose.
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Habitat: Montane grassland
Altitude range: (metres) 1500 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution: Confined to the Tsetserra and Himalaya Mts in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
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Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Images last updated: Tuesday 4 August 2015
Literature:

Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001). Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5) Pages 374 - 375.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26.

Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 84.

Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 138.

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 41.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euphorbia depauperata
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Euphorbia depauperata var. tsetserrensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135900, retrieved 29 March 2024

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