Euphorbia prostrata

Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia prostrata

Taxonavigation

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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. Chamaesyce
Sectio: E. sect. Chamaesyce
Species: Euphorbia prostrata

Name

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Euphorbia prostrata Aiton, 1789

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Anisophyllum prostratum (Aiton) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 163 (1812).
    • Aplarina prostrata (Aiton) Raf., New Fl. 4: 99 (1838).
    • Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 713 (1903).
    • Tithymalus prostratus (Aiton) Samp., Anais Fac. Sci. Porto 17: 45 (1931).
  • Heterotypic
    • Euphorbia callitrichoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 52 (1817).
    • Euphorbia tenella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 53 (1817).
    • Euphorbia perforata Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 540 (1827).
    • Euphorbia trichogona Bertol., Misc. Bot. 3: 20 (1844).
    • Euphorbia prostrata var. vestita Engelm. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 47 (1862).
    • Euphorbia ramosa var. villosior Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 32: 297 (1897).
    • Chamaesyce malaca Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 713 (1903).
    • Chamaesyce villosior (Greenm.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 412 (1916).
    • Euphorbia malaca (Small) Little, Publ. Univ. Oklahoma Biol. Surv. 2(2): 70 (1930).
    • Euphorbia prostrata var. caudirhiza Fosberg, Micronesica 25: 189 (1992).

Homonyms

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  • Euphorbia prostrata = Euphorbia chamaesyce L.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: America
    • Regional: C. & S. U.S.A. to Trop. & Subtrop. America
      • Argentina; Bahamas; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Cayman Is.; Colorado; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Florida; French Guiana; Georgia; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Kansas; Louisiana; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; Nauru; Nebraska; Antilles; New Mexico; Nicaragua; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Peru; Puerto Rico; South Carolina; South Dakota; Suriname; Tennessee; Texas; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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