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Euphorbia

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy

Euphorbia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Euphorbia antiquorum.

It was assigned to Euphorbiaceae by Jussieu (1789), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Species

E. acymoidea, E. aleppica, E. amygdaloides, E. antiquorum (type species), E. apios, E. canariensis, E. caputmedusae, E. cereiformis, E. chamaesyce, E. characias, E. corallioides, E. corollata, E. cotinifolia, E. cyparissias, E. dendroides, E. dulcis, E. esula, E. exigua, E. falcata, E. helioscopia, E. heptagona, E. heterophylla, E. hirta, E. hyberna, E. hypcricifolia, E. ipecacuanhae, E. lathyrus, E. maculata, E. mammillaris, E. mauritanica, E. mohavensis, E. myrsinites, E. neriifolia, E. officinarum, E. orientalis, E. origanoides, E. palustris, E. paralias, E. peplis, E. peplus, E. pilosa, E. pilulifera, E. pithyusa, E. platyphyllos, E. polygonifolia, E. portlandica, E. portulacoides, E. segetalis, E. serrata, E. spinosa, E. sylvatica, E. thymifolia, E. tirucalli, E. tithymaloides, E. tuberosa, E. verrucosa, E. viminalis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1753	Euphorbia Linnaeus p. 450
1789	Euphorbia Jussieu
1976	Euphorbia Lakhanpal et al.
1991	Euphorbia Chauhan

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Angiospermae
—	Rosids
—	Eurosids

Rank	Name	Author
—	Fabid
order	Malpighiales
family	Euphorbiaceae
genus	Euphorbia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Euphorbia Linnaeus 1753

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Euphorbia acymoidea Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia aleppica Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia amygdaloides Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia antiquorum Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia apios Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia canariensis Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia caputmedusae Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia cereiformis Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia chamaesyce Linnaeus 1753

Euphorbia characias Linnaeus 1753