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A NEW SUCCULENT EUPHORBIA (EUPHORBIACEAE) SPECIES FROM THE RED SEA COAST AND ISLANDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2007

D. A. Al-Zahrani  and
Z. A. R. El-Karemy
D. A. Al-Zahrani
Affiliation:
Science Department, Jeddah Teacher's College, PO Box 15758, Jeddah 21454, Saudi Arabia; email: dhaferalzahrani@hotmail.com
Z. A. R. El-Karemy
Affiliation:
Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Abstract

The shrubby, spiny, succulent species Euphorbia collenetteae D.Al-Zahrani & El-Karemy (Euphorbiaceae) from the southern Red Sea coast and islands is described and illustrated as new. Diagnostic characters, a description and taxonomic comments on the species are given. It is compared with the closely related Euphorbia fractiflexa S.Carter & J.R.I.Wood. The geographical distribution of the new species is shown.

Keywords

EritreaEuphorbiaRed Sea coast and islandsSaudi ArabiaSudantaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , July 2007 , pp. 131 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 2007

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