*Euphorbia tithymaloides Linnaeus ssp. tithymaloides . Subgenus: Euphorbia. Section: Crepidaria. Habitat: Planted and perhaps persistent. Distribution: Native of tropical America. TAM and GRO south through Mexico and Central America to n. South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Taxonomy Comments: Cultivated in FL in a variegated-leaf form.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = n/a — Fl2, FNA12; = Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. ssp. tithymaloides — Dressler (1957); < Euphorbia tithymaloides L. — Mex; < Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. — Bah. Basionym: Euphorbia tithymaloides L. 1753
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA12
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