Author: | Werner
Rauh, 1999 |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Tanzania |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
25
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Euphorbiaceae
family was given this name by Werner Rauh in 1999. It was found in
Tanzania by Marita and Ernst Specks, and it named after Frau Specks.
It grow in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The
caudex can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the stem up to 25
centimetres height. The flowers are green.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species
name after Marita Specks. |