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Euphorbia

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Euphorbia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

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

Species
E. mohavensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. esula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Euphorbia Linnaeus p. 450
1789Euphorbia Jussieu
1976Euphorbia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Euphorbia Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
genusEuphorbia

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 mohavensis Axelrod 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) E. minuta (24209)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand E. type (169167 169168)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda E. sp. (22422)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) E. mohavensis (19206)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) E. esula, E. helioscopia, E. palustris (21222)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) E. platyphyllos (27277)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal E. sp. (232122 232125 232144)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania E. sp., E. hirta (22335)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) E. platyphyllos (22778) E. stricta (22779)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa E. sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168889)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) E. sp. (228785 228811 228812)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) E. sp. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) E. sp. (228793)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania E. sp. (22336 22337) E. sp., E. hypericifolia (22629)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) E. spp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168756)