Euphorbia serpens Kunth

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Tarija

• County/Municipio

  Gran Chaco Prov.

• Locality

  33.5 km (by highway) and 33 km (air) SE of Villa Montes on new highway to Isibobo and Paraguay, measuring from the intersection in Villa Montes of the Boyuibe-Yacuiba highway, at base of small hill ca. 25 m high, the western edge of the range of hills forming the greatest topography in the region. ca. 5.5 km N of RíoPilcomayo

• Elevation

  Alt. 350 m. (1148 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -21.3686, -63.1639

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia serpens HBK.
det. M. Nee, 2007
Depto. Tarija, Prov. Gran Chaco, 33.5 km (by highway) and
33 km (air) SE of Villa Montes on new highway to Isibobo and
Paraguay, measuring from the intersection in Villa Montes of
the Boyuibe-Yacuiba highway, at base of small hill ca. 25 m.
high, the western edge of the range of hills forming the
greatest topography in the region. Ca. 5.5 km N of Rio
Pilcomayo.
21°22’07”S, 63°09’50”W. alt. 350 m.
Chaco forest with Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, A.
pyrifolium, Pseudobombax marginatum, Caesalpinia
paraguariensis, Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Schinopsis
lorentzii, Castela coccinea, Capparis salicifolia, C. speciosa,
C. tweediana, Ruprechtia triflora, R. apetala.
On bare soil of recent road construction, unshaded. Sap milky.
Prostrate and rooting at nodes, forming a dense patch.
Coll.: M. Nee & R. Flores S. 54786
20 March 2007
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