Biology:Euphorbia acanthothamnos
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Euphorbia acanthothamnos | |
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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. acanthothamnos
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia acanthothamnos Heldr. & Sartori
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Euphorbia acanthothamnos, is a species of flowering plant, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.[1][2]
Description
It is a shrub that reaches 30 cm in height. It forms a thorny cushion that blooms from March to June. It grows mainly in limestone areas.[3][4]
Distribution
It is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, Crete, Greece, and Turkey. It grows from sea level to more than 2000 meters.[5]
Taxonomy
Euphorbia acanthothamnos was described by Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum , ser. 2, 4: 1859. 86.
Acanthothamnos is an epithet that means "thorny bush" in Greek.
References
- ↑ "Greek Spiny Spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnos)". 2020-01-18. http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia_acanthothamnos.html.
- ↑ "Greek Spiny Spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnos)" (in en). https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/81698-Euphorbia-acanthothamnos.
- ↑ "Euphorbia acanthothamnos - Greek Spiny Spurge". https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/euphorbia-acanthothamnos.php.
- ↑ nikolakakis (2013-03-21). "Greek spiny spurge, Euphorbia acanthothamnos" (in en). https://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en/museum/photo-archive/selection/images/nhmc.image.51499.
- ↑ "Tropicos". https://www.tropicos.org/Name/12805762.
Wikidata ☰ Q5851343 entry
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