The nomenclature and application of the names Euphorbia candelabrum Welw. and Euphorbia ingens in tropical Africa
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Peter V. Bruyns
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
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University of Michigan Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108 U.S.A
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Peter V. Bruyns
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
Address for correspondence: Peter V. Bruyns, [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPaul E. Berry
University of Michigan Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108 U.S.A
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During the last 40 years, one of the most widespread and conspicuous succulent trees in East and north-east Africa has been referred to as Euphorbia candelabrum Kotschy or as E. candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy. This name is a later homonym of E. candelabrum Welw., and consequently it is illegitimate. The species to which the name E. candelabrum Kotschy has been widely applied is shown to be conspecific with E. ingens, which occurs from southern Ethiopia to subtropical South Africa.
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