Euphorbia caput-medusae

Euphorbia caput-medusae

Euphorbia caput-medusae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Euphorbieae
Subtribus: Euphorbiinae
Genus: Euphorbia
Subgenus: E. subg. Athymalus
Sectio: E. sect. Anthacanthae
Subsectio: E. subsect. Medusea
Species: Euphorbia caput-medusae

Name

Euphorbia caput-medusae L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Euphorbia fructus-pini Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 10 (1768).
  • Euphorbia medusae Panz., Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 14: 109 (1788).
  • Euphorbia caput-medusae var. geminata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 136 (1789).
  • Euphorbia caput-medusae var. major Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 135 (1789).
  • Euphorbia caput-medusae var. minor Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 135 (1789).
  • Euphorbia tuberculata Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 43 (1797).
  • Dactylanthes tuberculata (Jacq.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 133 (1812).
  • Medusea fructus-pini (Mill.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 134 (1812).
  • Medusea major Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 134 (1812).
  • Medusea tessellata Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 135 (1812).
  • Euphorbia commelini DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 110 (1813).
  • Treisia tuberculata (Jacq.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 65 (1819).
  • Euphorbia tessellata (Haw.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 328 (1821).
  • Euphorbia fructus-pini var. geminata (Aiton) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 2: 356 (1826), not validly publ.
  • Medusea tuberculata (Jacq.) Klotzsch & Garcke, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 251 (1859).
  • Euphorbia parvimamma Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 86 (1862).
  • Euphorbia bolusii N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 333 (1915).
  • Euphorbia macowanii N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 334 (1915).
  • Euphorbia marlothiana N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 331 (1915).
  • Euphorbia muirii N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 331 (1915).
  • Euphorbia ramiglans N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 306 (1915).
  • Euphorbia tuberculatoides N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 332 (1915).
  • Euphorbia confluens Nel, Kakteenkunde 1933: 193 (1933).
  • Euphorbia geminata (Aiton) Marloth ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane, Succ. Euphorb.: 355 (1941), nom. illeg.
  • Euphorbia tuberculata var. macowanii (N.E.Br.) A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane, Succ. Euphorb.: 372 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces; Northern Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 452.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphorbia caput-medusae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Euphorbia caput-medusae. Published online. Accessed: Jun 23 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphorbia caput-medusae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Euphorbia caput-medusae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Euphorbia caput-medusae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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