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The family Euphorbiaceae is the fifth-largest flowering plant family and has about 7,500 species organised into 300 genera, 37 tribes, and three subfamilies: Acalyphoideae, Crotonoideae and Euphorbioideae.
- List of Euphorbiaceae genera - Wikipedia
List of Euphorbiaceae genera. Here is a full taxonomy of the...
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The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of...
- List of Euphorbiaceae genera - Wikipedia
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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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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May 23, 2018 · Euphorbia (spurges; family Euphorbiaceae) A genus of plants that have a very distinctive, compound inflorescence of tiny flowers without perianths grouped in umbel -like cymes; several male flowers, each with 1 stamen, are grouped within an involucre, and the single female flower consists of a stalked 3-celled ovary.
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, comprises some 6,745 species and 218 genera of flowering plants distributed primarily in the tropics. The flowers are typically unisexual and are borne in a characteristic cluster known as a cyathia. Many species contain milky latex, and some are useful as a source of oil or wax.
