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Euphorbiaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Euphorbiaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Spurge Family.

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A family of about 220 genera and 6500 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution. Molecular systematics suggests that various units traditionally included in the Euphorbiaceae should be segregated (Soltis et al. 2000; Chase et al. 2002); see Phyllanthaceae and Putranjivaceae.

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References: Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000); Levin & Gillespie (2016) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016); Webster (1994); Webster (2014) In Kubitzki (2014). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Euphorbiaceae© Keith Bradley | Euphorbia | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Euphorbiaceae© Scott Ward | Hippomane mancinella | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Euphorbiaceae© John Gwaltney | Euphorbia | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Euphorbiaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Acalypha | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Euphorbiaceae© Marilyne Busque-Dubois, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Marilyne Busque-Dubois | Codiaeum source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Euphorbiaceae© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Euphorbiaceae© Scott Ward | Euphorbia
image #8 of Euphorbiaceae© Alan M. Cressler | Euphorbia | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Euphorbiaceae© Emily Oglesby | Croton alabamensis var. alabamensis | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Euphorbiaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Euphorbiaceae© Aidan Campos | Euphorbia hammeri source | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Euphorbiaceae© Alan Cressler: tragia saxicola, near navy wells pineland preserve, miami-dade county, florida 1 by Alan Cressler | Tragia source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Euphorbiaceae© Scott Ward | Stillingia sylvatica | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Euphorbiaceae© John Gwaltney | Acalypha | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Euphorbiaceae© John Gwaltney | Croton michauxii

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