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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.

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

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