Euphorbia grandidens

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Euphorbia grandidens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. grandidens
Binomial name
Euphorbia grandidens
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Euphorbia grandidens, commonly known as valleybush euphorbia or large-toothed euphorbia, is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to southern Africa. [1] While sometimes shrubby, it can also be a pachycaulous tree up to fifty feet (fifteen meters) tall, with the short horizontal branches in a rosette at the top of the main trunk and reiterations. These horizontal branches are succulent and triangular in cross-section. [2]

References

  1. Mnxati, Sifiso (August 2015). "Euphorbia grandidens". Plantzafrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. Turner, R.J. Jr.; Wasson, Ernie (1999). Botanica. not given: Barnes & Noble. p. 361. ISBN   0760716420.