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L. (1753)
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Euphorbieae (Tribe)
..Anthostema (Genus)
..Calycopeplus (Genus)
..Chamaesyce (Genus)
..Cubanthus (Genus)
..Dichostemma (Genus)
..Endadenium (Genus)
..Monadenium (Genus)
..Neoguillauminia (Genus)
..Pedilanthus (Genus)
..Synadenium (Genus)
..Euphorbia (Genus)
....Euphorbia abyssinica (Species)
....Euphorbia amygdaloides (Species)
....Euphorbia aphylla (Species)
....Euphorbia atoto (Species)
....Euphorbia atropurpurea (Species)
....Euphorbia bourgeana (Species)
....Euphorbia bubalina (Species)
....Euphorbia canariensis (Species)
....Euphorbia candelabrum (Species)
....Euphorbia candelarum (Species)
....Euphorbia capitulata (Species)
....Euphorbia celastroides (Species)
....Euphorbia characias (Species)
....Euphorbia coerulescens (Species)
....Euphorbia corallioides (Species)
....Euphorbia cyparissias (Species)
....Euphorbia cyparissias x E. waldsteinii (Species)
....Euphorbia decaryi (Species)
....Euphorbia deightonii (Species)
....Euphorbia dentata (Species)
....Euphorbia epithymoides (Species)
....Euphorbia esula (Species)
....Euphorbia exigua (Species)
....Euphorbia fruticulosa (Species)
....Euphorbia fulgens (Species)
....Euphorbia geyeri (Species)
....Euphorbia grandicornis (Species)
....Euphorbia griffithii (Species)
....Euphorbia handiensis (Species)
....Euphorbia helioscopia (Species)
....Euphorbia heterophylla (Species)
....Euphorbia lagascae (Species)
....Euphorbia lambii (Species)
....Euphorbia lathyrus (Species)
....Euphorbia maoershanensis (Species)
....Euphorbia marginata (Species)
....Euphorbia martinii (Species)
....Euphorbia mauretanica (Species)
....Euphorbia mellifera (Species)
....Euphorbia milii (Species)
....Euphorbia minuta (Species)
....Euphorbia multiformis (Species)
....Euphorbia myrsinites (Species)
....Euphorbia nicaeensis (Species)
....Euphorbia obesa (Species)
....Euphorbia palustris (Species)
....Euphorbia paralias (Species)
....Euphorbia peplus (Species)
....Euphorbia platyphyllos (Species)
....Euphorbia porteriana (Species)
....Euphorbia pseudocactus (Species)
....Euphorbia pulcherrima (Species)
....Euphorbia regis-jubae (Species)
....Euphorbia remyi (Species)
....Euphorbia schinus (Species)
....Euphorbia seguieriana (Species)
....Euphorbia sikkimensis (Species)
....Euphorbia skottsbergii (Species)
....Euphorbia spinosi (Species)
....Euphorbia stricta (Species)
....Euphorbia submammillaris (Species)
....Euphorbia tirucalli (Species)
....Euphorbia tortirama (Species)
....Euphorbia viminea (Species)
....Euphorbia waldsteinii (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 450.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Euphorbiaceae
(Family)
Juss. (1789), nom. cons.
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994
: App. IIB (p. 106).
Type of
:
Euphorbieae
(Tribe)
Dumort. (1829)
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Euphorbia antiquorum
L.
Ref:
Millspaugh 1909. Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 306.
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new
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Euphorbia
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Tithymalus
(Genus)
Gaertn.
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 861.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wolfsmelk
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 245.
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