Euphorbia Linnaeus 1753 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Euphorbiaceae according to Jussieu 1789

See also Chauhan 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Acalypha, Acalyphoideae, Agrostistachyophyllum, Alchornea, Alchorneaephyllum, Alchorneites, Aleuriteophyllum, Aleurites, Aleuritoxylon, Amperea, Antidesma, Baccaurea, Baliospermophyllum, Baliospermum, Baloghiaephyllum, Beyeria, Bischofinium, Bischofioxylon, Breynia, Bridelia, Bridelioxylon, Cephalomappa, Cleistanthus, Codiaephyllum, Croton, Crotonoideae, Crotonophyllum, Drypetes, Euphorbiocarpon, Euphorbiofolium, Euphorbioides, Euphorbiophloios, Euphorbiophyllum, Euphorbiospermum, Euphorbiotheca, Euphorbioxylon, Euphorbocarpum, Excoecaria, Glochidion, Heveoxylon, Hippomaneoidea, Homonoia, Limalbocarpon, Macaranga, Macarangaephyllum, Mallotophyllum, Mallotoxylon, Mallotus, Omalanthus, Palaeowetherellia, Phyllanthinium, Phyllanthoideae, Phyllanthus, Piranheoxylon, Pseudolachnostyloxylon, Putranjivoxylon, Sapium, Securinegoxylon, Stillingia, Tithymalus, Trewia, Tricolporopollenites, Wetherellia, Xylophyllites

Subtaxa: Euphorbia mohavensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (5), Tanzania (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Germany (2), Portugal (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1), Uganda (1)

• Miocene of New Zealand (2), United States (1: California)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences

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