{"product_id":"euphorbia-ramiglans","title":"Euphorbia ramiglans","description":"\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eGeographic \u0026amp; Climate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGeographic Coordinates:\u003c\/b\u003e Approx. 28°30′S – 28°40′S, 16°25′E – 16°35′E (Type Locality: Little Namaqualand, lower reaches of the Orange River east of Alexander Bay near Beauvallon, Northern Cape, South Africa).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eClimate Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Cold Desert Climate (Köppen climate classification: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"76\"\u003eBWk\u003c\/i\u003e) influenced by cold coastal Benguela ocean currents and maritime fogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHabitat Characteristics:\u003c\/b\u003e Restricted to low coastal dunevelds, sandy flats, and gypsum\/quartz gravel plains at low elevations (0–60 m above sea level). Extremely arid with low, erratic winter rainfall (\u0026lt; 50 mm\/year), heavily dependent on moisture supplied by Atlantic coastal fog drifting inland. Substrates consist of loose quaternary quartz sand, powdery white clay, and gypsum crusts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eBotanical Morphology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDiagnostic Features:\u003c\/b\u003e A dwarf medusoid-type geophytic succulent. Stems consist of a short, subterranean bole- or club-shaped caudex (up to 5 cm in diameter) merging into a stout fleshy taproot. Radiating upright to ascending club-shaped branches (2.5–4 cm long, 12–20 mm thick) are bluish-green, covered in crowded rhomboid-conical tubercles (3–4 mm tall) with persistent tiny tooth-like leaf scars. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"399\"\u003ePrimary Diagnostic Character:\u003c\/b\u003e Cyathia are solitary at branch tips, shallowly cup-shaped, possessing 5 spreading nectar glands. Each gland bears 4–6 filiform processes (0.5–1.5 mm long) at its outer margin that are distinctly \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"624\"\u003eforked or multi-branched at their tips\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGrowth Habit:\u003c\/b\u003e Cryptic subterranean habit; in native habitats, stems and branches are often buried completely in shifting sands, leaving only the cyathia or branch tips exposed. Reaches a maximum height of 10–20 cm and lateral spread up to 50 cm. Growth is slow and opportunistic, keyed to winter moisture and cold-season fog events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Etymology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEtymology:\u003c\/b\u003e The specific epithet \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"32\"\u003eramiglans\u003c\/i\u003e derives from the Latin \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"65\"\u003eramus\u003c\/i\u003e (\"branch\") and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"86\"\u003eglans\u003c\/i\u003e (\"gland\"), directly referring to the characteristic branched\/forked processes on the cyathial nectar glands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/b\u003e Formally described by British botanist Nicholas Edward Brown in 1915 (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"90\"\u003eFlora Capensis\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 5, Sect. 2). Native populations grow in association with subterranean mesembs such as \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"197\"\u003eFenestraria aurantiaca\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"224\"\u003eLithops herrei\u003c\/i\u003e in coastal dunes near the South Africa-Namibia border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BotanicalCollector","offers":[{"title":"No.5067|W7.9cm|Seed-grown","offer_id":47889471308029,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/3552\/4605\/files\/IMG_6013.jpg?v=1784914416","url":"https:\/\/www.botanicalcollector.com\/products\/euphorbia-ramiglans","provider":"BotanicalCollector","version":"1.0","type":"link"}