Species Euphorbia lydenburgensis
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Etymology of Euphorbia:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Etymology of lydenburgensis:
Lydenburg is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Alternatively known as Mashishing, Lydenburg is situated on the Sterkspruit/Dorps River tributary of the Lepelle River at the base of the Long Tom Pass. The name is derived from the Dutch Lijdenburg, or "Town of Suffering"
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Protologue:
Fl. Pl. South Africa 13: xiii. t. 486 (1933)
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Year published:
1933
Observations of Taxon
Euphorbia lydenburgensis
Name of observer:
Alma Möller & Rolf Becker (David)
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Euphorbia lydenburgensis
Name of observer:
Doreen Court (Mr.Drimia)
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Collection:
Euphorbia lydenburgensis
Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Euphorbia lydenburgensis
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Name of observer:
Anita Fabian (David)
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