Euphorbia serpens

Euphorbia serpens

Euphorbia serpens

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. Chamaesyce
Sectio: E. sect. Anisophyllum
Subsectio: E. subsect. Hypericifoliae
Species: Euphorbia serpens

Name

Euphorbia serpens Kunth, 1817

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Anisophyllum serpens (Kunth) Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 23 (1860).
  • Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 709 (1903).
• Heterotypic
  • Euphorbia begoniifolia Lehm., Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1823: 8 (1824).
  • Euphorbia herniarioides Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 171 (1835).
  • Euphorbia flexicaulis Scheele, Linnaea 22: 153 (1849).
  • Anisophyllum emarginatum Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 24 (1860).
  • Euphorbia radicans Moric. ex Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 24 (1860), pro syn.
  • Euphorbia emarginata (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 32 (1862), nom. illeg.
  • Euphorbia serpens var. imbricata Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30 (1862).
  • Euphorbia serpens var. radicans Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30 (1862).
  • Euphorbia serpens var. microphylla Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 12: 231 (1874).
  • Euphorbia serpens var. flexicaulis (Scheele) J.M.Coult., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 388 (1894).
  • Euphorbia pileoides Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 62 (1900).
  • Euphorbia serpens var. fissistipula Thell., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 755 (1907).
  • Euphorbia minutiflora N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 1036 (1913).
  • Chamaesyce pileoides (Millsp.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 411 (1916).
  • Chamaesyce radicans Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 411 (1916).
  • Euphorbia serpens f. flexicaulis (Scheele) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 442 (1917).
  • Euphorbia serpens f. psilocyathia Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 442 (1917).
  • Euphorbia microclada Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 215 (1924).
  • Euphorbia inflexa Urb. & Ekman, Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 64 (1929).
  • Euphorbia biramensis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 232 (1930).
  • Euphorbia mangletii Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 233 (1930).
  • Chamaesyce emarginata (Klotzsch & Garcke) Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 185 (1943).
  • Chamaesyce serpens var. montevidensis Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 189 (1943).
  • Chamaesyce biramensis (Urb.) Alain, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12 (1952).
  • Chamaesyce mangletii (Urb.) Alain, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12 (1952).
  • Chamaesyce microclada (Urb.) Alain, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12 (1952).
  • Euphorbia orbiculata var. jawaharii Rajagopal & Panigrahi, Taxon 17: 547 (1968).
  • Euphorbia serpens subsp. fissistipula (Thell.) Verloove & Lambinon, New J. Bot. 1: 39 (2011).

Homonyms

• Euphorbia serpens Balb. ex Boiss., pro syn. = Euphorbia balbisii Boiss.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: SE. Canada to Trop. & Subtrop. America Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; California; Chile North; Colorado; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Florida; French Guiana; Georgia; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras;Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Jamaica; Kansas; Louisiana; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Netherlands Antilles; New Mexico; New York; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Peru; Puerto Rico; South Dakota; Suriname; Tennessee; Texas; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Wyoming References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1817–1818 ["1817"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). 406 pp., tt. 97–192. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.  2:52[quarto].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphorbia serpens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jul 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Euphorbia serpens. Published online. Accessed: Jul 10 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphorbia serpens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jul 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Euphorbia serpens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jul 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Euphorbia serpens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: schlängelnde Wolfsmilch

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