Jatropha rivae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Jatropha |
| Species: | J. rivae
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Jatropha rivae is a species of flowering plant found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. It is a densely-branched shrub that grows up to 2 meters tall, with usually purplish-brown young twigs, in desert and dry shrub land biomes. It is locally codominant in Acacia-Commiphora bushland on alluvial soils and deep sands, in gypsaceous soils, in stony places on limestone, and in Acacia-Commiphora-Boswellia bushland. It grows from an altitude of 0 meters to an altitude of 1150 meters.[1][2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Jatropha rivae is in the genus Jatropha and the family Euphorbiaceae. It has subspecies parvifolia, quercifolia, and rivae. It was named in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 185 in 1896 by Ferdinand Albin Pax.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jatropha rivae Pax | African Plant Database". African Plant Database. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ a b "Jatropha rivae Pax". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Jatropha rivae | Catalogue of Life | 2014 Annual Checklist". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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