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Euphorbia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 450 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000014224.

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Synonyms of Euphorbia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agaloma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116 (1838) wfo-4000000885
Aklema Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 114. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000001070
Alectoroctonum Schltdl. Linnaea 19(2): 252. 1847[1846]. wfo-4000001139
Anthacantha Lem. Ill. Hort. 4: Misc. 73. 1857. wfo-4000002365
Bojeria Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 50. 1836[1838]. — wfo-4000004892
Characias Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 259. 1821. wfo-4000007687
Cyathophora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 117. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000010201
Cystidospermum Prokh. Consp. Syst. Tithymalorum As. Med. 25. 1933. wfo-4000010568
Dactylanthes Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 132. 1812. wfo-4000010619
Dematra Raf. Autik. Bot. 96. 1840. wfo-4000011034
Desmonema Raf. Atlantic J. 1(6): 177. 1833. — wfo-4000011211
Diadenaria Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 254 (1859) wfo-4000011276
Dichrophyllum Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 249. 1859[1860]. wfo-4000011458
Dichylium Britton Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5(4): 499. 1924. wfo-4000011462
Diplocyathium Heinr.Schmidt Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 22(1): 40. 1907. wfo-4000011977
Epurga Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2 17: 150. 1869. wfo-4000013662
Eumecanthus Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 248. 1859[1860]. wfo-4000014185
Euphorbiodendron Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 305 (1909) wfo-4000014226
Euphorbion St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2 7: 125. 1880. wfo-4000014227
Galarhoeus Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. : 143 (1812) wfo-4000015191
Kanopikon Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 114. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000019831
Kobiosis Raf. Autik. Bot. 94. 1840. wfo-4000020101
Lepadena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 113. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000021046
Lophobios Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000022200
Medusea Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 133. 1812. wfo-4000023454
Monadenium Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 126 (1894) wfo-4000024618
Nisomenes Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000026163
Peccana Raf. Sylva Tellur. 114. 1838. wfo-4000028379
Pedilanthus Neck. ex Poit. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 19: 388 (1812) wfo-4000028415
Pleuradena Raf. Atlantic J. 1(6): 182. 1833. (Summer 1833) wfo-4000030297
Poinsettia Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 20(2): 412–413. 1836. wfo-4000030614
Synadenium Boiss. Prodr. 15(2): 187 (1862) wfo-4000037246
Tithymaloides Ortega Tabl. Bot. : 9 (1773) wfo-4000038492
Tithymalopsis Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 249. 1859[1860]. wfo-4000038493
Tithymalus Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 115 (1790) wfo-4000038495
Treisia Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 131. 1812. wfo-4000038803
Trichosterigma Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 248. 1859[1860]. wfo-4000039059
Tumalis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 114. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000039569
Ventenatia Tratt. Gen. Pl. : 86 (1802) wfo-4000040118
Xamesike Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 115 (1838) wfo-4000040861
Zalitea Raf. New Fl. 4: 98. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000041129
Zygophyllidium (Boiss.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S. 1334. 1903. (22 Jul 1903) wfo-4000041341
Athymalus Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 353 (1790) wfo-4000043801
Torfasadis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 112 (1838) wfo-4000043842

Species in Euphorbia ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Euphorbia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia abbreviata Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris ed. 2: 239. 1799 (1799) wfo-0000960510
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia abortiva Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : cxii (1775) wfo-0000960517
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia acymoidea L. – — wfo-0001049342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia addoensis Marx & van Veldh. Euphorbia World 15(1): 5. 2019 wfo-1000032286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia adenophylla hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 609 (1840) wfo-0000960548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia adenoplicata O.L.M.Silva & Cordeiro Syst. Bot. 45(1): 131. 2020 wfo-1000022445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia aegyptiaca var. annobonensis Mildbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 700. 1937 wfo-1200016652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia agatheae Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 492(1): 4. 2021 wfo-1000027052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia altissima var. nuda Velen. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1888(2): 60. wfo-1200016647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ambohipotsiensis Ursch & Leandri Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 5: 180 (1954 publ. 1955) wfo-0000960632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ambovombensis var. ambatomenaensis Rebmann Succulentes 2003(3): 20 (2003). wfo-0001399615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ammanioides Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 55. 1817 wfo-0001248340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia anacantha Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 136 (1789) wfo-0000960673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia andrefandrovana Ursch & Leandri Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 5: 182 (1954 publ. 1955) wfo-0000960686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia angustifolia Glaz. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 636 (1913) wfo-0000960706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia antsingiensis (Cremers) Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 492(1): 52. 2021 wfo-1000027053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia aragonensis var. lanceolatifolia Loscos & J.Pardo ex Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 503. 1877 wfo-1200016699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia arahaka Poiss. ex Humbert & Leandri Adansonia sér. 2, 6: 339. 1966 wfo-0001049190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia arbuscula var. montana Balf.f. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 410. 1884 wfo-1200016590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia arvalis var. euarvalis Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 467. 1932 wfo-1200016543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia atimovatae Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 492(1): 7. 2021 wfo-1000027054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia atrococca var. typica Sherff Brittonia 6: 335. 1948 wfo-1200016658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia barbellata Engelm. Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 190 (1858) wfo-0000960910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia begardii (Cremers) Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 488(1): 24. 2021 wfo-1000027055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia belagaviensis Sarojin. & Raja Kullayisw. Euphorbia World 14(1): 24. 2018 wfo-1000004059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia belgheisi Pahlevani Kew Bull. 74(3)-49: 2. 2019 wfo-1000032287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia benoistii Leandri Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 117 (1947) wfo-0000960962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia berryi V.W.Steinm. Phytotaxa 545(2): 218. 2022 wfo-1000030087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bessarabica Prodán Bul. Acad. Stud. Agron. Cluj 1: 40. 1930 (1930) wfo-0000914817
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia betrokana J.-P.Castillon & J.-B.Castillon Euphorbia World 16(3): 12. 2020 wfo-1000022446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bicompacta Bruyns Taxon 55: 412 (2006) wfo-0000805778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bicompacta var. bicompacta – Unknown wfo-0000317960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bicompacta var. rubra (S.Carter) Bruyns Taxon 55: 412 (2006) wfo-0000805780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bivonae subsp. rupicola (Boiss.) Batt. Fl. Algérie Dicot.: 796. 1890 (1890) wfo-1200012582
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bivonae var. intercedens Pamp. Pl. Tripol. 18. 1914 wfo-1200016677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia blepharadena O.L.M.Silva & Cordeiro Eur. J. Taxon. 733: 74, figs. 1-2. 2021 wfo-1000027056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia boissierii Baill. Adansonia 1: 142. 1861. (Adansonia) — wfo-0001315643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia bothae Lotsy & Goddijn – — wfo-0001049111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia breedlovei V.W.Steinm. & P.Carrillo Phytotaxa 350(3): 212. 2018 wfo-1000004060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia buqensis Mazuch, Orlando, Awale, Elmi & V.Vlk Euphorbia World 16(3): 57, figs. 1-4, 7-10, 14-16; tt. 1-2. 2020 wfo-1000022447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cacalina Schult. Observ. Bot. [Schultes] 89. 1809 wfo-1000038105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia candelabrum Welw. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 329. 1855 (as candelabra) wfo-1200010536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cayptrata Coss. & Durieu – — wfo-0001049348
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia celastroides var. typica Sherff Brittonia 6: 335. 1948 wfo-1200016743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cespitosa var. angustifolia Hauman Fac. Filos. Letras Buenos Aires, Publ. Inst. Inves 10: 32. 1925 wfo-1200016493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia chamanbidensis Nasseh Nordic J. Bot. 36(5)-e01413: 27. 2018 wfo-1000004061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia chimaera var. kimmerica Lipsky Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 4: 444. 1899 wfo-1200016576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia chiradenia Boiss. – — wfo-0001049268
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ciliata Spreng. Mant. Prim. Fl. Hal. : 42 (1807) wfo-0000961371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia clementei var. euclementei Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 228. 1935 wfo-1200016713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia corneliae Bruyns Haseltonia 25: 48, figs. 25-27. 2018 wfo-1000004062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia corollata var. longipes Shuttlew. ex Boiss. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2.1): 67. 1862 [late Jan 1862] In synon wfo-0001390988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia corrollata var. joorii Norton – wfo-0001392463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cotylophora Spreng. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 197 (1801) wfo-0000961533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia crassa (Cremers) Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 492(1): 55. 2021 wfo-1000027057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia crassicaulis (Rauh) Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 488(1): 27. 2021 wfo-1000027058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cuneiformis Hartmann Primae Lin. Inst. Bot. : 93 (1767) wfo-0000795167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cyathophora var. graminifolia Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 402 (1860) wfo-0000834552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cylindroclada Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 488(1): 57. 2021 wfo-1000027059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cyparissias var. degeneri Gaudin Fl. Helv. 3: 278. 1828 wfo-1200016513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia cyparissias var. major Boiss. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 160. 1862 wfo-1200016723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia davyi subsp. maleolens (E.Phillips) Hargr. cf. Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.) 46: 19 (1995 publ. 1996):. wfo-0001367959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia davyi subsp. maleolens (E.Phillips) Hargr. Euphorbiaceae Study Group Bull. 8(3): 100 (1995), without basionym ref.;. wfo-0001369245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia davyi subsp. tlapanensis Hargr. cf. Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.) 46: 19 (1995 publ. 1996). wfo-0001367960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia davyi subsp. tlapanensis Hargr. Euphorbiaceae Study Group Bull. 8(3): 100–103 (1995), without latin descr. or type;. wfo-0001369246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia decepta subsp. gamkensis (Marx) Bruyns Euphorbia S. Africa 1: 297. 2022 wfo-1200024271
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia deflexa var. athoa Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 141. 1843 wfo-1200016555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia deflexa var. lassitica Rech.f. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 84: 182. 1935 wfo-1200016540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia degeneri var. typica Sherff Bot. Gaz. 97: 583. 1936 wfo-1200016654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia detonsa I.M.Johnst. – wfo-0001349784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia doinetiana Guillaumin Cactus (Paris) 48: 19 (1956) wfo-0000805796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia douliotii (Poiss.) J.-P.Castillon Euphorbia World 17(2): 35. 2021 wfo-1000027060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia dracunculoides subsp. eudracunculoides Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 202. 1929 (1929) wfo-1200012621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia drummondii var. drummondii Boiss. Adansonia 6 1866 wfo-0001392823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia dulcis var. deseglisei (Boreau ex Bois.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France 269. 1936 wfo-1200016597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia dumosa E.Mey. ex Boiss. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 168. 1862 (1862) wfo-1200009834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia durispina Haev. & Hett. Euphorbia World 17(2): 14. 2021 wfo-1000027061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia duseimata subsp. pseudoduseimata (A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane) Bruyns Euphorbia S. Africa 1: 304. 2022 wfo-1200024272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia duvalii var. lanceolata Timb.-Lagr. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 10: 107. 1892 wfo-1200016643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ebeloensis Rebmann Euphorbia World 13(2): 5. 2017 (2017) wfo-1000037213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ecklonii (Klotzsch & Garcke) Baill. Adansonia 3(5): 144. 1863 [Jan 1863] (as 'eckloni') wfo-1200010288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia elburensis Baldesi & S.Carter Nordic J. Bot. 39(10)-e03360: 2. 2021 wfo-1000027062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia epithymoides var. glaberrima H.Lindb. Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 48(13): 69. 1906 wfo-1200016524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia eremophila var. eremophila A.Cunn. Prodromus 15(2.2) 1866 wfo-0001392843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia erythranthra Baill. Adansonia 6 1866 wfo-0001350553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia erythrocarpa Klotzsch Reis. Br.-Guiana : 848 (1848) wfo-0000961959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia esula var. genuina Boiss. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 161. 1862 wfo-1200016684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia esula var. loreyi (Jord.) Douin Fl. Ill. France 10: 14. 1929 wfo-1200016618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia esula var. uralensis (Fisch. ex Link) Dorn Vasc. Pl. Wyoming : 296 (1988) wfo-0000962000
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia euralensis Fisch. ex G.K.Link – — wfo-0001257374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia falcata var. genuina Maire Spicil. Rif. 35. 1927 wfo-1200016500
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia fanjahiraensis Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 488(1): 32. 2021 wfo-1000027063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia fauriei var. filiformis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 281. 1908 wfo-1200016592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ferdinandi var. appendiculata Halford & W.K.Harris Austrobaileya 8: 488 (2012) wfo-0001384481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia ferdinandi var. saxosiplaniticola Halford & W.K.Harris Austrobaileya 8: 490 (2012) wfo-0001384482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia filifolia Glaz. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 637 (1913) wfo-0000962086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia flerowii Woronow ex Flerow Uchen. Zap. Rostov. Donu Gosud. Univ. V.M.Molotova, Trudy Biol. Fak. 4: 133 (1940) wfo-0000962119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia forskaolii var. glabrata J.Gay Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 243. 1847 wfo-1200016608
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia franchetii f. pilosissima (S.Carter) Kamelin Fl. Ushchel. Reki Varzob 200. 2021 wfo-1200024463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Euphorbia fuscoclada Haev. & Hett. Phytotaxa 492(1): 9. 2021 wfo-1000027064