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EUPHORBIA WORLD – Table of Content, Volumes 1 to 16(2) EUPHORBIA WORLD 2005, Vol. 1(1) Alan Butler Message from the Chairman p. 4 Volker Buddensiek Editorial p. 5 Paul Forster The families of the euphorbs p. 6-7 Leonard E. Newton The elusive Euphorbia ballyana p. 8-9 Volker Buddensiek Book review p. 9 Susan Carter Euphorbia in Kenya p. 10-12 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia susannae Marloth p. 13-16 Stephen Jankalski Hybrids in succulent Euphorbia p. 17-20 Bruce J. Hargreaves Euphorbia pseudotuberosa Pax and/or E. trichadenia Pax in p. 21-22 Botswana Norbert Göbl & Alan Butler Growing euphorbias p. 22-25 Pjotr Lawant 1. Euphorbia Review (1935-1937) revisited p. 26 Harry Mays Three Euphorbias of the International Succulent p. 28-30 Introductions Volker Buddensiek Euphorbias from A to Z p. 31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2005, Vol. 1(2) Volker Buddensiek Letter from the editor p. 4 Graham Williamson An interesting new desert Euphorbia from the NW p. 5-7 Richtersveld and southern Namib Desert Gerhard Marx Euphorbia sp. aff mira p. 8 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia species nova J&R 260, additional notes p. 9-11 Bruce J. Hargeaves Strange spurges in Botswana? p. 12-13 Frank Vincentz Euphorbia ephedromorpha Bartlett, a forgotten succulent P 14-15 from Guatemala Rikus van Veldhuisen In Habitat (South Africa) p. 16-17 Liliana Rodriguez Cracraft & Euphorbia antisyphilitica p. 18-19 Mike Cracraft Paul I. Forster Monadenium kimberleyana (Euphorbiaceae) and a putative p. 20 locality in South Africa Diny Winthagen & Pjotr Mysterious Euphorbia cucumerina p. 21-30 Lawant EUPHORBIA WORLD 2005, Vol. 1(3) Alan Butler Letter from the Chairman p. 4 Rikus van Veldhuisen Some notes on Euphorbia punicea Swartz an related species p. 5-8 Gerhard Marx Some re-evaluating notes on Euphorbia multiramosa Nel p. 9-13 Pjotr Lawant Book & Journal Review p. 13 Diny Winthagen & Pjotr Why the Indian Euphorbia antiquorum was named after the p. 14-15 Lawant European classical world Torsten Dedow In Habitat (South Africa) p. 16-17 Pjotr Lawant & Renée Euphorbia handiensis: Will it exist in the future? p. 18-29 Suntjens Volker Buddensiek Euphorbias from A to Z p. 30 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2006, Vol. 2(1) Volker Buddensiek Letter from the Editor p. 4 Susan Carter Tree euphorbias of tropical Africa p. 5-8 Sean Gildenhuys The three most abundant tree Euphorbia species of the p. 9-14 Transvaal (South Africa) Pjotr Lawant Book & Journal Review p. 15 Rikus van Veldhuisen In Habitat (South Africa) p. 16-17 Wolfgang Ewest Euphorbia tuckeyana Steudel ex Webb 1849 p. 18-20 Pierre Braun Euphorbia estevesii N.F.A.Zimmermann & P.J.Braun, A p. 21-23 strange discovery from Goiás, Central Brasil Boris Vrskovy Jatropha glandulifera Roxburgh, a little-known semi- p. 24-25 succulent shrub from India Pjotr Lawant & Diny Euphorbia tribuloides: a species lost for ever? p. 26-29 Winthagen Volker Buddensiek Euphorbias from A to Z p. 30-31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2006, Vol. 2(2) Pjotr Lawant Letter from the Editor p. 4 Volker Buddensiek A sister to Euphorbia antisyphilitica p. 4 Bruce J. Hargreaves Variations in Euphorbia griseola Pax in Botswana p. 5 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia subgenus Euphorbia section Triacanthium p. 6-13 Jacobsen Leonard E. Newton Seeds of Euphorbia lenewtonii p. 14 Harry Mays International Succulent Introductions 2006 p. 15 Walter Minuth In Habitat (Madagascar) p. 16-17 Walter Minuth The littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar – will they p. 18-20 survive? Thomas Haevermans Taxonomy of the Euphorobia pyrifolia clade p. 21-24 Graham Williamson Interesting succulent euphorbias from south Central Africa p. 25-29 Norbert Göbl Hibernating euphorbias p. 30-31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2006, Vol. 2(3) Alan Butler Message from the Chairman p. 4 Graham Williamson Several interesting Zambian Euphorbias subg. Euphorbia p. 5-11 sect. Monadenium (Euphorbiaceae) including a new species Meena Singh Succulent Jatrophas in India p. 12-15 Daphne & Albert Pritchard In Habitat (India) p. 16-17 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia subgenus Euphorbia section Triacanthium p. 18-24 Jacobsen (Part 2) Pjotr Lawant Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Euphorbieae: p. 25 recent changes in systematic classification and plant names Paul I. Forster The early discovery of Euphorbia sarcostemmoides p. 26-30 J.H.Willis (Euphorbiaceae), with notes on its conservation staturs and distribution Pjotr Lawant Book & Journal Review p. 31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2007, Vol. 3(1) Peter V. Bruyns A new subgeneric classification for Euphorbia p. 5 (Euphorbiaceae) in southern Africa based on its and psbA- trnH sequence data – corrigenda Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia subgenus Euphorbia section Triacanthium p. 6-12 Jacobsen (Part 3) Paul E. Berry & Ricarda Riina A new collaborative research project: a global invertory of p. 12-13 Euphorbia Guiseppe Orlando In Habitat (Socotra/Abd-al-Kuri) p. 14-17 Bruce J. Hargreaves A neotenic Euphorbia cooperi? p. 18-19 Pjotr Lawant Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Euphorbieae: p. 20-31 Part 2: Three important contributions EUPHORBIA WORLD 2007, Vol. 3(2) Tim Marshall International Euphorbia Society Seed Bank p. 4 Wolfgang Ewest Geophytic euphorbias from Chile p. 5-7 Graham Williamson Notes of Euphorbia multiramosa Nel (Euphorbiaceae) and p. 8-18 related species Pjotr Lawant & Diny Euphorbia loricata Lam.: the first South African succulent p. 19-25 Winthagen Euphorbia drawn in situ Paul I. Forster Seed dispersal in the Euphorbieae (Euphorbiaceae) p. 26-30 Walter Minuth Who will win the spitting contest? p. 31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2007, Vol. 3(3) Pjotr Lawant IES and the PBI project p. 4 Maik Veste Parasitic flowering plants on Euphorbia in South Africa and p. 5-9 Namibia Rolf W. Becker, Alma Moller, Notes on Euphorbia restricta Dyer from its type locality p. 10-12 Sonnette Krynauw & Derek Engelbrecht Pjotr Lawant Book & Journal Review p. 13 Gerhard F. Wagner In Habitat (South Africa) p. 14-17 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia Section Triacanthium Jacobsen (Part 4) p. 18-23 Volker Buddensiek Results of the questionaire seeking members' opinions p. 23 Pjotr Lawant Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Euphorbieae: p. 24-29 Macaronesian dendroid euphorbias and South African subsection Meleuphorbia both revisited Volker Buddensiek Euphorbias from A to Z p. 30-31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2008, Vol. 4(1) Volker Buddensiek Message from the editor p. 4 Bruce J. Hargreaves Variation in Euphorbia duseimata R.A.Dyer in Botswana p. 5 Pjotr Lawant & Volker Euphorbia berevoensis Lawant & Buddens. - a new p. 6-11 Buddensiek Madagascan species within the informal „Euphoriba pedilanthoides group“ Jonas Lüthy Under review: The listing of „succulent Euphorbia spp.“ in p. 12-13 Appendix II of CITES Detlef Schnabel In Habitat (South Africa) p. 14-17 Leonard E. Newton The distribution of Euphorbia sebsebei p. 18-19 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia horwoodii S.Carter & Lavranos p. 20-26 Volker Buddensiek Euphorbias from A to Z p. 28-31 EUPHORBIA WORLD 2008, Vol. 4(2) Alan Butler Chariman's Column p. 4 Susan Carter Euphorbia in Tanzania p. 5-9 Daphne & Albert Pritchard Phyllanthus Linnaeus Sp. Pl. (ed. 1): 971, (1753) p. 10-11 Nomenclatural type: Phyllanthus niuri L. Volker Buddensiek Simply a Euphorbia leuconeura? p. 12-15 Petr Pavelka In Habitat (Madagascar) p. 16-19 Rikus van Veldhuisen Euphorbia multiceps A.Berger p. 20-26 Bruce J. 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