euphorbia, acanthothamnos, species, flowering, plant, belonging, family, euphorbiaceae, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, angiosperms, clade, eudicots, clade, rosids, order, malpighiales, family, euphorbiaceae, genus, e. Euphorbia acanthothamnos is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae 1 2 Euphorbia acanthothamnos Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Malpighiales Family Euphorbiaceae Genus Euphorbia Species E acanthothamnos Binomial name Euphorbia acanthothamnosHeldr amp Sartori Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Taxonomy 4 ReferencesDescription editIt is a shrub that reaches 30 cm in height It forms a thorny cushion that blooms from March to June It grows mainly in limestone areas 3 4 Distribution editIt is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean Crete Greece and Turkey It grows from sea level to more than 2000 meters 5 Taxonomy editEuphorbia acanthothamnos was described by Heldr amp Sart ex Boiss and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum ser 2 4 1859 86 Acanthothamnos is an epithet that means thorny bush in Greek References edit Greek Spiny Spurge Euphorbia acanthothamnos 2020 01 18 Archived from the original on 2020 01 18 Retrieved 2021 04 28 Greek Spiny Spurge Euphorbia acanthothamnos iNaturalist ca Retrieved 2021 04 28 Euphorbia acanthothamnos Greek Spiny Spurge www first nature com Retrieved 2021 04 28 nikolakakis 2013 03 21 Greek spiny spurge Euphorbia acanthothamnos Natural History Museum of Crete Retrieved 2021 04 28 Tropicos www tropicos org Retrieved 2021 04 28 nbsp This Euphorbia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Euphorbia acanthothamnos amp oldid 1196876724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
