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June 2025

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Euphorbia heterophylla L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 453 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000962515.

Synonyms of Euphorbia heterophylla L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 253 (1859) wfo-0000279796
Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. : 141 (1812) wfo-0000325780
Cyathophora heterophyla (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 117 (1838) wfo-0000793419
Euphorbia frangulaefolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 62 1816 wfo-0001263410
Poinsettia geniculata var. heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke wfo-0001284425
Euphorbia heterophylla var. genuina Boiss. Prodr. 15(2): 72 (1862) wfo-0001370457

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link