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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AC0FBEDFE42FBBE" bold="true" box="[136,430,1111,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Euphorbia pseudocontorta</emphasis>
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Bruyns
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,
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881847FBE2FDB7FBBE" box="[527,603,1112,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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This new species differs from
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881B98FBC6FDA4FB42" box="[464,584,1148,1171]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">E. contorta</emphasis>
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by the many 3- to 4-angled branches that arise from ground-level to form a low and relatively dense shrub and by the longer peduncles beneath the cymes and the lateral cyathia.
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Type:––
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.
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:
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north-east of Molócuè
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(1538
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), ±
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7795
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(
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!
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,
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!
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). (
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,
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<figureCitation id="EED5A0958B62FF8818FDFAB1FD2FFAF2" box="[693,707,1291,1315]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[136,229,825,847]" captionTargetBox="[165,1429,196,795]" captionTargetId="figure-27@2.[151,1436,188,798]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Euphorbia pseudocontorta. A, young spine-complex and leaf-rudiment from above (scale 2 mm, as for B–E). B, young spine-complex and leaf-rudiment from side. C, side view of cyme in first male stage. D, side view of cyme in female stage. E, face view of cyathium. F, anther and bracteoles (scale 1 mm, as for G). G, female floret inside dissected cyathium. A, B, C, E drawn by P.V. Bruyns from Bruyns 8538, south of Ligonha, Moçambique. D, F, G from Bruyns 7795, NE of Molocue, Moçambique." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13875123" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13875123/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">2</figureCitation>
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)
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Bisexual spiny glabrous succulent shrub 0.15–0.3 ×
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with many branches from similar stem, densely branched at ground level, with fibrous roots arising from base.
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF88189BFACDFCD4FA5E" box="[723,824,1399,1423]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Branches</emphasis>
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ascending to ± prostrate, 100–200 ×
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, 3- to 4- angled, not constricted into segments, smooth, pale grey-green with paler stripes between angles;
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881EDFFA21FB14FA62" box="[1175,1272,1435,1459]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">tubercles</emphasis>
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fused into 3 or 4 angles, laterally flattened and truncate, projecting ±
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from branch, with spine-shields
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long,
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long and rounded below spines but remaining well separated from next, bearing 2 spreading initially purple-red (later grey) spines ±
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long;
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881B7BF9BDFE23F9CE" box="[307,463,1543,1567]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">leaf-rudiments</emphasis>
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on tips of new tubercles towards apex of branches, 8–10 ×
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, erect, fleeting, ovatelanceolate, sessile, with small prickles ±
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long on either side at base.
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF8819E5F991FBAAF992" box="[941,1094,1579,1603]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Inflorescences</emphasis>
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many per branch usually towards apex, each a solitary cyme in axil of tubercle, sessile, each cyme with 3 transversely disposed cyathia, central male, lateral 2 bisexual and developing later each on short peduncle 2–3 × ±
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, with 2 ovate bracts ± 2 ×
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subtending lateral cyathia;
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AADF92DFED8F97E" box="[229,308,1687,1711]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">cyathia</emphasis>
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shallowly funnel-shaped, glabrous, ±
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broad (
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long below insertion of glands), with 5 pinkish red obovate lobes with deeply incised margins, grey-green variably suffused with red;
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881E51F901FB8CF902" box="[1049,1120,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">glands</emphasis>
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5, transversely rectangular and contiguous,
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broad, dark yellow with red outer margins, spreading, inner margins slightly raised, outer margins entire and spreading;
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glabrous, red, bracteoles enveloping groups of males, with finely divided red tips, glabrous;
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AC0F892FF29F8EE" box="[136,197,1832,1855]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">ovary</emphasis>
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3-angled, glabrous, green, raised on pedicel ±
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long; styles ±
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long, pinkish, branched to near base.
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AC0F8F1FF33F8B2" box="[136,223,1867,1891]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Capsule</emphasis>
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±
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diam., obtusely 3-angled, reddish green, glabrous, nearly sessile.
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AF5F8D5FE53F856" bold="true" box="[189,447,1903,1927]" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Distribution & habitat</emphasis>
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:––
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881BAAF8D5FCEEF856" box="[482,770,1903,1927]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Euphorbia pseudocontorta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is only known in the central province of
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, where it is found in shallow pockets of soil on low granitic domes at altitudes of
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500–
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. Plants are common in shallow soils on otherwise fairly bare rocks.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="3EF4EF9B8B62FF891AF5F861FF25FEBD" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="300" pageId="2" pageNumber="299" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881AF5F861FED9F822" bold="true" box="[189,309,2011,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Discussion</emphasis>
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:––This new species is similar to
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF8818D4F866FCF8F822" box="[668,788,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">E. contorta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which occurs in shallow soil on granitic outcrops around the bases of larger hills some
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further to the north-west at elevations of
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550–
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.
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<emphasis id="449A60028B62FF881E18F845FAC9F7C6" box="[1104,1317,2047,2071]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="299">Euphorbia contorta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is sparingly branched, with the stem usually rising rather obliquely to
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or more and a few horizontal branches spreading from it along its length. The new species is densely branched from the base, with the stem not visible among the branches. In
|
||
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<emphasis id="449A60028B63FF891FDCFF7EFF0EFF2E" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">E. contorta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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the stem and branches are an unmarked dull grey and are (4–)5- to 7-angled while in the new species they have a paler longitudinal patch between the angles and are 3- to 4-angled. Florally the two differ in the longer peduncles in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B1EEC7938B63FF891FDCFEB6FEC2FE96" authorityName="Bruyns" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Euphorbia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="3" pageNumber="300" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pseudocontorta">
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<emphasis id="449A60028B63FF891FDCFEB6FEC2FE96" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">E. pseudocontorta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
, both in the peduncle beneath the cyme and in the peduncles beneath each of the lateral cyathia in the cyme.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="3EF4EF9B8B63FF891AF5FECDFD8BFE5E" box="[189,615,375,399]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="7651BC108B63FF891AF5FECDFD8BFE5E" blockId="3.[136,1452,159,471]" box="[189,615,375,399]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">
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<emphasis id="449A60028B63FF891AF5FECDFE4CFE5E" bold="true" box="[189,416,375,399]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">Conservation status</emphasis>
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:––Not threatened.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="7651BC108B63FF891AF5FE21FDD3FE06" blockId="3.[136,1452,159,471]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">
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<emphasis id="449A60028B63FF891AF5FE21FDF1FE62" bold="true" box="[189,541,411,435]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">Additional specimen examined</emphasis>
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:
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.
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<collectingRegion id="B42A72F28B63FF8918BAFE21FC72FE62" box="[754,926,411,435]" country="Mozambique" name="Zambezia" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">Zambézia Prov.</collectingRegion>
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:
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<quantity id="B11611F58B63FF8919E0FE21FC07FE62" box="[936,1003,411,435]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="3" pageNumber="300" unit="km" value="11.0">11 km</quantity>
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south of Alto Ligonha (1538CA),
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<quantity id="B11611F58B63FF891F29FE21FA4BFE62" box="[1377,1447,411,435]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.7" pageId="3" pageNumber="300" unit="m" value="570.0">570 m</quantity>
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,
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||
<date id="02509AD08B63FF891AC0FE05FEB4FE06" box="[136,344,447,471]" pageId="3" pageNumber="300" value="2000-11-11">11 November 2000</date>
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,
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||
<emphasis id="449A60028B63FF891B2AFE7AFE06FE06" box="[354,490,447,471]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="300">Bruyns 8538</emphasis>
|
||
(BOL).
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |