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- The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs. Some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees. The name spurge comes from the Latin word espurge meaning to purge: this refers to its use as a laxative.
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Euphorbiaceae (/ j uː ˈ f oʊ r b iː ˌ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), 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 .
- List of Euphorbiaceae genera - Wikipedia
Here is a full taxonomy of the family Euphorbiaceae,...
- Euphorbia - Wikipedia
The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbos, the...
- List of Euphorbiaceae genera - Wikipedia
Euphorbiaceae, spurge family of flowering plants (order Malpighiales), containing some 6,745 species in 218 genera. Many members are important food sources.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ...
Codiaeum variegatum (fire croton, garden croton, or variegated croton, or simply 'croton'; syn. Croton variegatum L.) is a species of Codiaeum, a genus of flowering plants, in the Euphorbiaceae (the spurge family).
- C. variegatum
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EUPHORBIA PBI. What makes a Euphorbia | Origin of the cyathium | Fruits and seeds | Diversity of life forms | Uses and toxicity | Systematics and classification | The botanical name Euphorbia | Common names. Euphorbia is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae family. It contains at least 2,100 species and is one of the most diverse groups of ...
The poinsettia ( / pɔɪnˈsɛt ( i) ə /; [1] [2] [3] Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the poinsettia was first described by Europeans in 1834.
