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Chamaesyce
Chamaesyce is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that Chamaesyce is deeply nested within the broader Euphorbia. Specifically, Chamaesyce is very closely related to plants like Euphorbia pulcherrima, the popular poinsettia (this and related plants have also been given in their own genus, Poinsettia, but are also well nested within Euphorbia). Currently, all species have now been reclassified as species of Euphorbia. Specifically, this group now belongs to Euphorbia...
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
Sandmats
sectionAnisophyllum
Alectoroctonum
sectionAlectoroctonum
Euphorbia sect. Poinsettia
sectionPoinsettia
Articulofruticosae
sectionArticulofruticosae
Tenellae
sectionTenellae
Eremophyton
sectionEremophyton
Woody Euphorbias
sectionEspinosae
Gueinziae
sectionGueinziae
Plagianthae
sectionPlagianthae
Frondosae
sectionFrondosae
Crossadenia
sectionCrossadenia
Cheirolepidium
sectionCheirolepidium
Bosseriae
sectionBosseriae
Denisiae
sectionDenisiae
Scatorhizae
sectionScatorhizae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chamaesyce in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 792275.