EUPHORBIA CRYPTOCAULIS

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Michael George Gilbert in 1987. It is found in Sidamo in southern Ethiopia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and not any sun. The caudex can grow to two centimetres in diameter, four high, the entire plant to five centimetres in height. The flowers are pale pinkish-green. The genera is named after Euphorbos, the Greek physician of King Juba II of Numidia. The species is named from Greek; kryptos; hidden' and Latin; caulis; ' stem' for the underground stems.