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Euphorbia

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Euphorbia
Euphorbia cf. serrata'
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Faimily: Euphorbiaceae
Subfaimily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Euphorbiinae
Griseb.
Genus: Euphorbia
L.
Teep species
Euphorbia antiquorum
Subgenera

Chamaesyce
Esula
Euphorbia
Rhizanthium
and see below

Diversity
c. 2008 species
Synonyms

Chamaesyce
Elaeophorbia
Endadenium
Monadenium
Synadenium
Pedilanthus

Euphorbia is a genus o flouerin plants belangin tae the faimily Euphorbiaceae. Consistin o 2008 species,[1] Euphorbia is the fowerth lairgest genus o flouerin plants; it an aa haes ane o the lairgest ranges o chromosome counts, alang wi Rumex an Senecio.[2] Members o the faimily an genus are commonly referred tae as spurges. Euphorbia antiquorum is the type species for the genus Euphorbia;[3] it wis describit bi Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. The faimily is primarily foond in the tropical an subtropical regions o Africae an the Americas, but an aa in temperate zones warldwide. Succulent species oreeginate maistly frae Africae, the Americas an Madagascar. Thare exists a wide range o insular species: on the Hawaiian Islands, whaur spurges are collectively kent as "akoko",[4] an on the Canary Islands as "tabaibas".[5][6]

References

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  1. "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2011.
  2. Stebbins, G. Ledyard; Hoogland, R. D. (1976). "Species diversity, ecology and evolution in a primitive Angiosperm genus:Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 125 (3): 139–154. doi:10.1007/BF00986147.
  3. S. Carter (2002). "Euphorbia". In Urs Eggli (ed.). Dicotyledons. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. 5. Springer. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-540-41966-2.
  4. Module 14: Hawaiian Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine in A Mini-Course in Medical Botany Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. tabaibas
  6. http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=tabaiba