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Jatropha rivae

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Species of flowering plants
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Jatropha rivae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Jatropha
Species: J. rivae
Binomial name
Jatropha rivae
Pax

Jatropha rivae is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to the deserts and dry shrublands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Description

Jatropha rivae is a deciduous shrub, growing up to 2.5 metres (8 ft) tall, with purple-brown young twigs. The leaves are 5–35 mm long, 5–15 mm wide and oblanceolate to obovate in shape, with a wedge-shaped (cuneate) base and 0–2 mm long petiole. The leaf margin is entire to dentate or sinuately lobed, and the apex is rounded to emarginate.

Taxonomy

Jatropha rivae is in the genus Jatropha. It has the subspecies parvifolia, quercifolia, and rivae. It was named in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 185 in 1896 by Ferdinand Albin Pax.

Jatropha rivae diagram

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Acacia-Commiphora bushland, growing in deep sands and alluvial soils left behind by flowing water. It also grows in gypsaceous soils and on limestone, and it is distributed across a wide range of altitudes, from sea level up to 1150 m high.

References

  1. ^ "Jatropha rivae Pax | African Plant Database". African Plant Database. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. ^ "Jatropha rivae Pax". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. ^ "Jatropha rivae | Catalogue of Life | 2014 Annual Checklist". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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Jatropha rivae
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