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Euphorbia  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 28032

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): euphorbia
 
    spurge
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
  Latest Record Review: 1999    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassMagnoliopsida  -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons  
             SubclassRosidae   
                OrderEuphorbiales   
                   FamilyEuphorbiaceae  -- euphorbes, spurge  
                      GenusEuphorbia L. -- euphorbia, spurge  
    Direct Children:  
                         Variety Euphorbia exstipulata var. exstipulata Engelm. -- squareseed spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia aaron-rossii A.& N. Holmgren -- Marble Canyon spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia agraria Bieb. -- urban spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia antisyphilitica Zucc. -- candelilla 
                         Species Euphorbia bicolor Engelm. & Gray -- snow on the prairie, snow-on-the-prairie 
                         Species Euphorbia bifurcata Engelm. -- forked spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia bilobata Engelm. -- black-seed spurge, blackseed spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. -- horned spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia caunculata Waterfall  
                         Species Euphorbia chamaesula Boiss. -- mountain spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia commutata Engelm. -- tinted euphorbia, tinted woodland spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia corollata L. -- flowering spurge, floweringspurge euphorbia 
                         Species Euphorbia cotinifolia L. -- Mexican shrubby spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia crenulata Engelm. -- Chinese caps, Chinesecaps 
                         Species Euphorbia cuphosperma (Engelm.) Boiss.  
                         Species Euphorbia curtisii Engelm. -- Curtis' spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia cyathophora Murr. -- fire on the mountain, fire-on-the-mountain 
                         Species Euphorbia cyparissias L. -- cypress spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia davidii Subils -- David's spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia dendroides L. -- tree spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia dentata Michx. -- toothed euphorbia, toothed spurge, toothedleaf poinsettia 
                         Species Euphorbia discoidalis Chapman -- summer spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia epithymoides L. -- cushion spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia eriantha Benth. -- beetle spurge, Mexican pointsetta 
                         Species Euphorbia esula L. -- leafy spurge, spurge, wolf's milk, wolf's-milk 
                         Species Euphorbia exigua L. -- dwarf spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia exserta (Small) Coker -- coastal sand spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia exstipulata Engelm. -- square-seed spurge, squareseed spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia falcata L. -- sickle spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia floridana Chapman -- Greater Florida spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia gaudichaudii Boiss. -- spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia X gayeri Boros & Soó ex Soó  
                         Species Euphorbia graminea Jacq. -- grassleaf spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia haeleeleana Herbst -- `Akoko, Kauai spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia helioscopia L. -- madwoman's milk 
                         Species Euphorbia helleri Millsp. -- Heller's spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia hernariifolia Willd. -- spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia heterophylla L. -- Mexican fireplant, painted euphorbia 
                         Species Euphorbia hexagona Nutt. ex Spreng. -- sixangle spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia incisa Engelm. -- Mojave spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia innocua L.C. Wheeler -- velvet spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia inundata Torr. ex Chapman -- Florida pineland spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. -- American ipecac 
                         Species Euphorbia josei Oudejans -- Jose spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia lactea Haw. -- mottled spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia lancifolia Schldl. -- ixbut 
                         Species Euphorbia lathyris L. -- moleplant 
                         Species Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy -- pascuita 
                         Species Euphorbia longicruris Scheele -- wedgeleaf spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia lucida Waldst. & Kit. -- shining spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia macropus (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. -- Huachuca Mountain spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia marginata Pursh -- smoke-on-the-prairie, snow on the mountain, snow-on-the-mountain, variegated spurge, whitemargined spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia mercurialina Michx. -- mercury spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia milii Des Moulins -- christplant 
                         Species Euphorbia misera Benth. -- cliff spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia myrsinites L. -- myrtle spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia nephradenia Barneby -- Paria spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia neriifolia L. -- Indian spurgetree 
                         Species Euphorbia nudicaulis Chapman -- Chapman's spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia oblongata Griseb. -- eggleaf spurge, oblong spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia oerstediana (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. -- West Indian spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia palmeri Engelm. ex S. Wats. -- wood spurge, woodland spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia paralias L. -- sea spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia peplidion Engelm. -- low spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia peplus L. -- petty spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia petiolaris Sims -- manchineel berry 
                         Species Euphorbia pinetorum (Small) G.L. Webster -- pineland spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia platyphylla Linnaeus  
                         Species Euphorbia platyphyllos L. -- broadleaf spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia polyphylla Engelm. ex Chapman -- Lesser Florida spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia X pseudoesula Schur (pro sp.) -- spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia pubentissima Michx. -- false flowering spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch -- poinsetta, poinsettia 
                         Species Euphorbia purpurea (Raf.) Fern. -- Darlington's glade spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia radians Benth. -- sun spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia resinifera Berg -- resin spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia roemerana Scheele  
                         Species Euphorbia roemeriana Scheele -- Roemer's spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia segetalis L. -- grainfield spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia serrata L. -- serrate spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia spathulata Lam. -- roughpod spurge, warty spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia strictior Holz. -- panhandle spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia telephioides Chapman -- telephus spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia terracina L. -- Geraldton carnation weed 
                         Species Euphorbia tetrapora Engelm. -- weak spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia texana (Millsp. ex Heller) Boiss. -- Texas spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia tirucalli L. -- Indiantree spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia trichotoma Kunth -- sanddune spurge 
                         Species Euphorbia wrightii Torr. & Gray -- Wright's spurge 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Euphorbia   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Euphorbia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Euphorbia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Euphorbia   
       
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