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      Entry for Monadenium lugardiae N.E. Br. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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                  RepositoryRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
                  CollectionFlora Zambesiaca
                  Entry fromFZ, Vol 9 Part 5 Author: S. Carter & L.C. Leach
                  NamesMonadenium lugardiae N.E. Br. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], 
                    in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1909: 138 (1909); in F.T.A. 6, 
                    1: 452 (1911). —R.A. Dyer in Fl. Pl. South Africa 6: 223 
                    (1926). —Burtt Davy, Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal: 290 (1932). 
                    —Bremekamp & Obermeyer [Scientific Results of the 
                    Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September, 1930], 
                    in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 16: 421 (1935). —White, Dyer & 
                    Sloane, Succ. Euphorb. 2: 943 (1941). —Suessenguth & 
                    Merxmüller, [Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.] Proc. & Trans. 
                    Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 84 (1951). —Bally, Gen. Mon.: 56 (1961). 
                    —Court, Succ. Fl. South. Africa: 29 (1981). —Hargreaves, 
                    Succ. Spurges Malawi: 72 (1987); Succ. Botswana: 9 (1990). 
                    Type: Botswana, Khwebe (Kwebe) Hills, fl. & fr. 
                    31.viii.1897, Mrs. E.J. Lugard 22 (K, holotype).

                  InformationPerennial with thick fleshy roots.Stems succulent, 
                  glabrous, branching from the base, 10–60 cm high, erect or 
                  shortly decumbent and rooting, 1.5–3 cm in diameter, 
                  cylindrical, marked with ± rhomboid tessellations (with a 
                  diamond-shaped pattern of flattened tubercles); tubercles c. 
                  1.5 × 1 cm, with circular leaf scars at the apices; leaf scars 
                  2 mm in diameter with a narrow ± horny rim around the 
                  base.Leaves subsessile, crowded towards the stem and branch 
                  apices, to 9 × 4 cm, obovate, fleshy, minutely puberulous, 
                  margins often ± crisped, sometimes flushed reddish; stipules 
                  on young growth modified into a cluster of 3–5 soft spines 
                  0.5–2 mm long which soon shrivel.Cymes axillary, simple; 
                  peduncles 5–8 mm long; cyme branches 2–4 mm long, minutely 
                  puberulous; bracts joined in a bract-cup c. 7 × 7 mm, shortly 
                  notched between acute lobes and prominent midribs, minutely 
                  puberulous, often tinged pinkish.Cyathia c. 4 × 3.5 mm, with 
                  cup-shaped involucres; gland c. 2 mm high, cream with yellow 
                  rim; lobes 1 × 1.5 mm, rounded, denticulate.Male flowers: 
                  bracteoles 2.5 mm long, laciniate; stamens 4 mm long.Female 
                  flower: perianth 3-lobed, 2.5 mm in diameter; styles 1.5 mm 
                  long, joined at the base, deeply bifid at the apex.Capsule c. 
                  6 × 6 mm, obtusely lobed, with a pair of fleshy crested ridges 
                  along the sutures, exserted on a reflexed pedicel to 8 mm 
                  long.Seeds c. 3.75 × 1.75 mm, oblong, 4-angled, minutely and 
                  shallowly verrucose, pale brownish-grey; caruncle cap-shaped, 
                  1 mm in diameter, shortly stipitate.
                  Altitude range115–1100 m.
                  HabitatGranite outcrops, in sandy soil among rocks in open 
                  Brachystegia woodland and wooded grasslands, and in shade on 
                  termite mounds; often in colonies
                  DistributionBotswana N: c. 19 km south of border on 
                  Francistown road, fl. 14.i.1960, Leach & Noel 24 (K; SRGH). 
                  Mozambique GI: Chicualacuala Distr., 13 km southeast of 
                  Pafuri, fl. 11.vii.1964, Leach & Mockford 12301 (LISC; SRGH). 
                  M: Moamba, fr. 1.xii.1942, Mendonça 1530 (LISC). Zimbabwe E: 
                  22.5 km south of Mutare (Umtali), fl. & fr. 20.xi.1960, Leach 
                  & Chase 10495 (COI; K; LISC; SRGH). N: Binga Distr., 8 km 
                  southeast of Mwenda Research Station, fr. 7.vi.1966, Grosvenor 
                  131 (K; SRGH). S: Chivi Distr., 48 km north of Runde (Lundi) 
                  R. on Masvingo–Beitbridge road, fl. & fr. 26.ix.1963, Leach 
                  11733 (K; LISC; SRGH). W: Hwange Distr., 9.5 km east of 
                  Kamativi, fr. 1956, Leach 5192 (K; SRGH). 
                  Distribution (external)South Africa
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              Collection: Flora Zambesiaca
              Country: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
              Family: EUPHORBIACEAE
              Genus: Monadenium
              Species: lugardiae, spinulosum
              Herbarium: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
              Resource type: Reference Sources
              Time period: 2000-2004
              Year: 2001
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