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Tirucalia platyclada (Rauh) P.V.Heath
Calyx 5: 92 1996
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Euphorbia platyclada Rauh
Kakteen Sukk. 21: 46 1970

Tirucalia platyclada (Euphorbia platyclada) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia platyclada Rauh
Kakteen Sukk. 21: 46 1970
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Euphorbia platyclada var. hardyi Rauh

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Dead plant, Dead Wood Plant, Dead Stick Plant

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

  • Euphorbia platyclada Rauh: has irregularly flattened branches, to 10 (-15) mm wide and 2-3 mm thick, bright pink or red-brown colour with veins of dark grey-green. The stems tend to grow horizontally.
  • Euphorbia platyclada var. hardyi Rauh: has thicker branches, longer internodes and terminal branches cylindrical, flattened part to 2 cm below branch-tips, to 4 x 1.5 cm, greenish-grey with dark-green warts. Cyathia solitary.

19228 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Tirucalia platyclada (Euphorbia platyclada) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
19917 julio Julio C. García
Tirucalia platyclada (Euphorbia platyclada) Photo by: Julio C. García


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