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Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata hort.

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Euphorbia piscidermis M.G.Gilbert
Kew Bull. 28: 437 1973 publ. 1974

Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Gennaro Re

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia piscidermis M.G.Gilbert
Kew Bull. 28: 437 1973 publ. 1974
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Crested Fish Skin Euphorb

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Euphorbia piscidermis group

  • Euphorbia piscidermis M.G.Gilbert: has subspherical stems covered with characteristic “fish-scales” that looks something like a small golf ball, no one would suspect it of being a Euphorbia when it is not in flower. Distribution: Ethiopia (Ogaden, Harerge Prov.)
  • Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata hort.: Fan shaped, forming tangled mounds up to of 25 cm in diameter, closely covered by imbricate paste-white fish-scale like appendages.

16034 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
13406 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

16035 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
16033 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

13405 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Euphorbia piscidermis f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
13404 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- The stem is closely shingled with scale-like appendages. (The name 'piscidermis' comes from the Latin for 'fish-skin', refering to the scale-covered skin) such scales being otherwise unknown in the genus Euphorbia. Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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