Euphorbia burmannii is a species of Euphorbia indigenous to Namibia and South Africa, where it is widespread in sandy soils, extending southwards to the Cape Peninsula and as far east as Grahamstown.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. burmannii
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia burmannii (Klotzsch & Garcke) E.Mey. ex Boiss. (s)
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Description
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The stems of this medium-sized (30–70 cm tall), densely-branched shrub are thin, segmented, dichotomous, and erect or spreading.
Each node, along the segmented branches, is marked with a pair of large, dark, reddish stipular glands.
It produces large numbers of small, bright yellow flowers.
Related species
editThis species is part of a group of closely related "stick euphorbias" including Euphorbia rhombifolia and Euphorbia tenax, which are widespread across southern Africa.
In habitat it also often grows together with the more distantly related species Euphorbia mauritanica.[2][3]
References
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- ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants".
- ^ Bruyns, P.V. (2012). Nomenclature and typification of southern African species of Euphorbia. Bothalia 42(2): 217-245.
- ^ Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. (2010) Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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