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Subgenus Euphorbia
Euphorbia
Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae (in deference to the type genus), not just to members of the genus. Some euphorbias are commercially widely available, such as poinsettias at Christmas. Some are commonly cultivated as ornamentals, or collected and highly valued for the aesthetic appearance of their unique...
24 branches of this group, most-observed first
Goniostema
sectionGoniostema
Nabooms and Noorses
sectionEuphorbia
Milkbushes
sectionTirucalli
Crepidaria
sectionCrepidaria
Nummulariopsis
sectionNummulariopsis
Monadenium
sectionMonadenium
Euphorbiastrum
sectionEuphorbiastrum
Tanquahuete
sectionTanquahuete
Lactifluae
sectionLactifluae
Deuterocalli
sectionDeuterocalli
Cubanthus
sectionCubanthus
Euphorbia ritchiei
speciesEuphorbia ritchiei
Brasilienses
sectionBrasilienses
Denisophorbia
sectionDenisophorbia
Pacificae
sectionPacificae
Stachydium
sectionStachydium
Pervilleanae
sectionPervilleanae
Calyculatae
sectionCalyculatae
Mesophyllae
sectionMesophyllae
Pachysanthae
sectionPachysanthae
Portulacastrum
sectionPortulacastrum
Rubellae
sectionRubellae
Euphorbia venkatarajui
speciesEuphorbia venkatarajui
Euphorbia pisima
speciesEuphorbia pisima
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
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.83
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.102
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.368
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.140
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.306
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.637
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.635
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.369
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1430
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1503
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1495
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1498
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Euphorbia 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 792725.