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Accession Data:

Euphorbia guiengola W.R. Buck & M.J. Huft

  • subg. Chamaesyce sect. Alectoroctonum

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico - (Oaxaca, Chiapas)
  • Habitat: Low slopes, in tropical deciduous forests, at 150 m

  • USDA Zone: 9-11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500015
  • Source: long standing unident collection member
  • Provenance:
    9 March 2005 - Been in collection a long while, not labelled.  Succulent, herbacious euphorb with small (0.25") flowers borne fairly regularly.
    27 April 2005 - Tentatively identified as E. guiengola by Paul Carlberg of the Mass. Cactus Club.  
    Further investigation by CMORSE indicates flowers and plant habit very similar and that a maroon form of the plant is in cultivation.  Name change and web updates to E. guiengola made 27 April 2005 based upon this new information. 
    
  • Accession Date: 03-09-2005
  • Bench: 1307 - NEOA: West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • SubFamily: Euphorbioideae
  • Tribe: Euphorbieae
  • SubTribe: Euphorbiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
2024
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2005

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast

References (external):

  1. Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 May 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 21 May 2015
  4. Euphorbia guiengola in Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. Accessed 13 August 2015.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:45:11 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Euphorbia guiengola

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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