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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
Keraselma Neck. ex Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 24: 387 1822 wfo-1200028563
Esula (Pers.) Haw. – wfo-1200066517
Petaloma Raf. ex Boiss. – wfo-1200066606
Tithymalus Ség. – wfo-1200066660
Tithymalus Mill. – wfo-1200066661
Vallaris Raf. – wfo-1200066673
Zygophyllidium Small – wfo-1200066674
Adenopetalum Klotzsch & Garcke – wfo-4000000643
Adenorima Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 112. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000000657
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
Allobia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000001264
Anisophyllum Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 159 (1812) wfo-4000002194
Anthacantha Lem. Ill. Hort. 4: Misc. 73. 1857. wfo-4000002365
Aplarina Raf. New Fl. 4: 99. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000002671
Arthrothamnus Klotzsch & Garcke – wfo-4000003188
Bojeria Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 50. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000004892
Chamaesyce Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 260 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-4000007642
Characias Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 259. 1821. wfo-4000007687
Chylogala Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2 17: 150. 1869. wfo-4000008278
Crepidaria Haw. – wfo-4000009663
Ctenadena Prokh. Consp. Syst. Tithymalus As. Med. 28. 1933. wfo-4000009948
Cubanthus (DC.) Millsp. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2(9): 371–372. 1913. wfo-4000009990
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
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
Elaeophorbia Stapf Liberia [H. H. Johnston] 2: 646 (1906) wfo-4000013122
Endadenium L.C.Leach Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 1: 31. 1973. wfo-4000013378
Endoisila Raf. Sylva Tellur. 114. 1838. wfo-4000013402
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
Euphorbiastrum Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 252. 1859. wfo-4000014225
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
Hexadenia Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 253. 1859[1860]. wfo-4000017818
Kanopikon Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 114. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000019831
Keraselma Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 353 (1790). wfo-4000019938
Kobiosis Raf. Autik. Bot. 94. 1840. wfo-4000020101
Lacanthis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 94. 1836[1837]. (Jan-Mar 1837) wfo-4000020341
Lepadena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 113. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000021046
Leptopus Klotzsch & Garcke – wfo-4000021325
Lophobios Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000022200
Lortia Rendle J. Bot. 36: 29. 1898. wfo-4000022295
Lyciopsis (Boiss.) Schweinf. – wfo-4000022489
Medusea Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 133. 1812. wfo-4000023454
Monadenium Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 126 (1894) wfo-4000024618
Murtekias Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000025004
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. 6(extra): 182 (1833) wfo-4000030297
Poinsettia Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 20(2): 412–413. 1836. wfo-4000030614
Pythius Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 116. 1838. wfo-4000032333
Sclerocyathium Prokh. Sist. Obzor Moloch. Sr. Azii 30. 1933. wfo-4000034726
Stenadenium Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 343. 1901. wfo-4000036456
Sterigmanthe Klotzsch & Garcke Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 252. 1859. wfo-4000036640
Synadenium Boiss. Prodr. 15(2): 187 (1862) wfo-4000037246
Tirucalia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 112. 1838. wfo-4000038475
Tithymalodes Ludw. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 620. 1891. (5 Nov 1891) wfo-4000038491
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
Pyretrum Burm. – wfo-4100001746
Ditritra Raf. – wfo-4100003269
Euphorbium Hill – wfo-4100003270
Galorhoeus Endl. – wfo-4100003271

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

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