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Euphorbiaceae ( / juːˈfoʊrbiːˌeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː / ), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, [2] which is also the name of the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as Euphorbia paralias, are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees ...
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Aug 19, 2022 · The family Peraceae (formerly treated as subfamily Peroideae within Euphorbiaceae) has also been reinstated (e.g. Wurdack & al. ( 2005 )) to include 4 former tribes, the Clutieae, Pogonophoreae, Chaetocarpeae and Pereae. − Fig. 1. Fig. 1. Summary phylogeny of Euphorbiaceae (excluding Peroideae, now recognized as Peraceae) based on Wurdack et ...
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Flowers are of one sex, and male and female flowers are usually borne on the same plant.Petals are rarely present. Flowers of the largest genus, Euphorbia, are in cup-shaped clusters called cyathia, each of which seems to be a single female flower but actually consists of a single pistil surrounded by several male flowers, each of which has a single stamen.
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Euphorbium, an acrid dull-yellow or brown resin, consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, cactus-like perennial plants indigenous to Morocco. It dissolves in alcohol, ether and turpentine; in water it is only slightly soluble. It consists of two or more resins and a substance euphorbone, C 20 H 36 O or C 15 H 24 ...
4. LEAVES. Leaves in neotropical climbing Euphorbiaceae are alternate, simple, lobed, trifoliolate or palmately compound (Figure 108A–D). Many genera present a pair of swollen or projecting glands or stipels at the lamina base (Figures 108B; 109A), as well as flat glands in the leaf blade (usually on the abaxial surface). Petioles are long to ...