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Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001) Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5)
Small trees, shrubs or perennial herbs with milky latex. Stems and branches succulent. Stipules 0 or modified as glands or spines. Leaves alternate, fleshy. Inflorescences axillary with sessile cyathia in dichotomously branching cymes, rarely solitary; bracts paired, persistent. Cyathium with glands forming an entire rim, notched on the lower side, surrounding 5-fringed lobes. Male flowers in 5 groups, bracteolate. Female flower stalked; ovary 3-locular; styles 3 with 2-fid stigmas. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, exserted through the notch in the glandular rim, dehiscent. Seeds with a cap-like pale yellow caruncle, rarely ecarunculate. Worldwide: Over 70 spp, occurring in eastern tropical Africa from Somalia in the north to the northern province of South Africa and west into Angola Zambia: 17 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capitatum P.R.O. Bally | N,W | |
| discoideum P.R.O. Bally[VU] | W | |
| fanshawei P.R.O.Bally | ||
| filiforme (P.R.O. Bally) S. Carter[VU] | N | |
| friesii N.E. Br.[VU] | N,C,E | |
| fwambense N.E. Br. | N | |
| herbaceum Pax[NrEnd][DD] | N | Description, Image |
| hirsutum P.R.O. Bally[End][DD] | N | Description, Image |
| mafingense Hargr.[NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| nervosum P.R.O. Bally | N | Image |
| orobanchoides P.R.O. Bally | N | |
| parviflorum N.E. Br. | N | |
| pedunculatum S. Carter | N | Description, Image |
| pseudoracemosum P.R.O. Bally var. lorifolium P.R.O. Bally[End][VU] | N | Description |
| pudibundum P.R.O. Bally var. pudibundum [VU] | W | |
| pudibundum P.R.O. Bally var. lanatum S. Carter[End] | W | Description, Image |
| schubei (pax) P.R.O. Bally[DD] | E | Description, Image |
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