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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 ...
Euphorbia. Griseb. Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae. "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae (in deference to the type genus ), not just to members of the genus.
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This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello. Euphorbiaceae is the spurge family of flowering plants and comprises some 6,745 species in 218 genera. Many members, such as cassava, are important food sources. Others are useful for their waxes and oils and as a source of medicinal drugs.
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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 ...
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 ...
rubber tree, ( Hevea brasiliensis ), South American tropical tree of the spurge family ( Euphorbiaceae ). Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics, especially in Southeast Asia and western Africa, it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber. It has soft wood; high, branching limbs ...
