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Nabooms and Noorses
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...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
African Milk Weed
speciesEuphorbia trigona
Common Tree Euphorbia
speciesEuphorbia ingens
Mottled Spurge
speciesEuphorbia lactea
Canary Island Spurge
speciesEuphorbia canariensis
Candelabra Naboom
speciesEuphorbia cooperi
Indian spurgetree
speciesEuphorbia neriifolia
River Naboom
speciesEuphorbia triangularis
antique spurge
speciesEuphorbia antiquorum
Namib Candelabra Naboom
speciesEuphorbia virosa
Northern Noors
speciesEuphorbia schinzii
Green Noors
speciesEuphorbia caerulescens
Honey Naboom
speciesEuphorbia tetragona
Euphorbia officinarum
speciesEuphorbia officinarum
Leafless Milk Hedge
speciesEuphorbia caducifolia
Valley Naboom
speciesEuphorbia grandidens
Grandthorn Noors
speciesEuphorbia grandicornis
Sweet Noors
speciesEuphorbia radyeri
Resin spurge
speciesEuphorbia resinifera
Slender Candelabra Naboom
speciesEuphorbia avasmontana
Milkthorn
speciesEuphorbia stellata
Lebombo Naboom
speciesEuphorbia confinalis
Sullu Spurge
speciesEuphorbia royleana
Verdigris Spiny Milkweed
speciesEuphorbia aeruginosa
Euphorbia groenewaldii
speciesEuphorbia groenewaldii
Dolomite Noors
speciesEuphorbia griseola
Euphorbia handiensis
speciesEuphorbia handiensis
Euphorbia poissonii
speciesEuphorbia poissonii
Angola Tree-Euphorbia
speciesEuphorbia candelabrum
Euphorbia ammak
speciesEuphorbia ammak
Euphorbia unispina
speciesEuphorbia unispina
desert candle
speciesEuphorbia abyssinica
Euphorbia spiralis
speciesEuphorbia spiralis
Euphorbia clivicola
speciesEuphorbia clivicola
Euphorbia bussei
speciesEuphorbia bussei
Euphorbia momccoyae
speciesEuphorbia momccoyae
Natal Noors
speciesEuphorbia pseudocactus
Euphorbia vandermerwei
speciesEuphorbia vandermerwei
Euphorbia rowlandii
speciesEuphorbia rowlandii
Euphorbia nivulia
speciesEuphorbia nivulia
Zoutpansberg Naboom
speciesEuphorbia zoutpansbergensis
Sekukuni Naboom
speciesEuphorbia sekukuniensis
Euphorbia enormis
speciesEuphorbia enormis
Olifants River Candelabra
speciesEuphorbia excelsa
Euphorbia ampliphylla
speciesEuphorbia ampliphylla
Kaoko Naboom
speciesEuphorbia eduardoi
Euphorbia tortilis
speciesEuphorbia tortilis
Euphorbia steelpoortensis
speciesEuphorbia steelpoortensis
Euphorbia knuthii
speciesEuphorbia knuthii
Euphorbia lydenburgensis
speciesEuphorbia lydenburgensis
Euphorbia heterochroma
speciesEuphorbia heterochroma
Euphorbia malevola
speciesEuphorbia malevola
Euphorbia grandialata
speciesEuphorbia grandialata
Euphorbia kamerunica
speciesEuphorbia kamerunica
Euphorbia otjipembana
speciesEuphorbia otjipembana
Euphorbia khandallensis
speciesEuphorbia khandallensis
Euphorbia baioensis
speciesEuphorbia baioensis
Euphorbia lividiflora
speciesEuphorbia lividiflora
Euphorbia clavigera
speciesEuphorbia clavigera
Euphorbia desmondii
speciesEuphorbia desmondii
Euphorbia robecchii
speciesEuphorbia robecchii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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
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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 792732.