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December 2024

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Euphorbia tirucalli L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 452 (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-0000965116.

Synonyms of Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Arthrothamnus tirucalli Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 251 (1859) wfo-0000340688
Tirucalia indica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 112 (1838) wfo-0000801024
Tirucalia tirucalli (L.) P.V.Heath Calyx 5: 93 (1996) wfo-0000801059
Euphorbia tirucalli var. rhipsaloides (Willd.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 13: 547 1933 wfo-0000909846
Euphorbia geayi Costant. & Gall. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11: 347 (1905) wfo-0000962227
Euphorbia laro Drake Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 (1899) wfo-0000962952
Euphorbia media N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 556 (1911) wfo-0000963276
Euphorbia media var. bagshawei N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 556. 1911 wfo-0000963278
Euphorbia rhipsaloides Lem. Ill. Hort. 4(Misc.): 72 (1857) wfo-0000964421
Euphorbia scoparia N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 557 (1911) wfo-0000964626
Euphorbia suareziana Croizat Natl. Hort. Mag. 1934(Jan.): 99 (1934) wfo-0000964925
Euphorbia viminalis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 15 (1768) wfo-0000965353
Euphorbia rhipsaloides Willd. Ann. Cons. Ultram. Lisb. 24: 252 1856 wfo-0001049220
Euphorbia rhipsaloides Welw. ex N.E.Br. wfo-1200074786