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Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Codiaeae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae

Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Synadenium compactum var. compactum N.E. Brown

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: African Milk Bush
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: S Kenya
  • Habitat: Rocky slopes in open bushland, at 750 - 1830 m

  • Description: leafy shrub to 5m
  • USDA Zone: 10-12
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502430
  • Source: unknown
  • Provenance: reaccession - lost from database - 07/03/02

    Corrected name to Synadenium compactum var. compactum from S. grantii based upon information supplied by Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 9 JAN 2006

  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-17-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
  • Tribe: Euphorbieae
  • SubTribe: Euphorbiinae
References:

Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006

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