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, 2^nd 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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