Literature for Euphorbia remyi
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. hanaleiensis Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Wood & Walsh, 2022. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. kauaiensis Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Wood & Walsh, 2022. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. remyi Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
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Euphorbiaceae -- The Spurge Family | Bibliography |
Euphorbia remyi |
General Information | |
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Distribution | |
Habit |
Shrubs; stems erect to scandent, 0.3-2 m long, glabrous, flowering branches 1-6 mm in diameter. |
Leaves |
Leaves decussate, elliptic to oblong or broadly lanceolate, 35-165 mm long, 15-75 mm wide, glabrous, rarely pubescent at basal margin, margins entire, apex broadly acute to acuminate or rounded, sometimes retuse, base cuneate to rounded or obtuse, oblique, petioles channeled above, 2-20 mm long, glabrous or pilose above, stipules acute to rounded-triangular, 1-2 mm long, ciliate, erose, caducous and leaving a scar. |
Flowers |
Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils or 2 or more in open, branched cymes, peduncles 3-11 mm long, glabrous; involucre broadly campanulate,
1.5-4 mm high, 2.5-5 mm wide, glabrous to pilose beneath the glands, glands 4-5, purple to red, glabrous; styles white to red, bifid less than 1/2 their length, 1-1.5 mm long; stigma thickened. |
Fruit |
Capsules green to brown, 3-5 mm long, glabrous to villous, especially along the sutures, sometimes glabrate at maturity, gynophores recurved, exserted 1-3 mm from involucre, glabrous. |
Seeds |
Seeds white to brown, 2-3 mm long, smooth to shallowly rugose. |