| Euphorbia rhabdotosperma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. rhabdotosperma |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia rhabdotosperma Radcl.-Sm. | |
Euphorbia rhabdotosperma is a species of flowering plant in the Euphorbiaceae family.
Description
A Euphorbia rather resembling a small Euphorbia helioscopia, with correspondingly smaller stem leaves (5-13(20) x 2-5(8) mm), raylet leaves (5-11 x 3-7 mm) and fruit (2.5-3 mm), and critically differing by its seed surface. See PoWo herbarium specimen.
Seed surface vs. E. helioscopia is longitudinally striate-rugulose vs. favose-reticulate. / striate-rugulose vs. foveolate(-reticulate) This is an unusual surface.
Distribution
Native to Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan (PoWo map).
Turkish regional distribution is Antalya and northwards (map bizimbitkiler.org.tr).
Habitat
Generally : River banks, foothills, edge of irrigated fields, limestone rocks, steppes; 1100-1400 m.
Turkey : Steppe, limestone rocks, fields, 1100-1300 m.
Iran : Steppes, edge of fields and orchards, at 500-1600 m.
References
- ^ Davis. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 7.
- ^ "Synopsis of Euphorbia subgen. Esula sect. Helioscopia (Euphorbiaceae) in Iran with the description of Euphorbia mazandaranica sp. nov" (PDF).
- ^ "Diversity of the genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in SW Asia".
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Euphorbia rhabdotosperma | |