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Monadenium
Euphorbia is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbias all share the feature of having a poisonous, latex-like sap and unique floral structures. When viewed as a whole, the head of flowers looks like a single flower (a pseudanthium). It has a unique kind of pseudanthium, called a cyathium, where each flower in the head is reduced to its barest essential part needed for sexual reproduction. The individual flowers are either male or female, with the male flowers reduced to only the stamen, and the females to the pistil. These flowers have no sepals, petals, or other parts that are typical of flowers in other kinds of plants. Structures supporting the flower head and other structures underneath have evolved to attract pollinators with nectar, and with shapes and colors that function in a way petals and other flower parts do in other flowers. It is the only genus of plants that has all three kinds of photosynthesis; CAM, C3, and C4.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Euphorbia umbellata
speciesEuphorbia umbellata
Crying Tree
speciesEuphorbia cupularis
Euphorbia lugardiae
speciesEuphorbia lugardiae
Euphorbia guentheri
speciesEuphorbia guentheri
Euphorbia bicompacta
speciesEuphorbia bicompacta
Euphorbia succulenta
speciesEuphorbia succulenta
Euphorbia schubei
speciesEuphorbia schubei
Euphorbia compacta
speciesEuphorbia compacta
Euphorbia neorubella
speciesEuphorbia neorubella
Euphorbia bisellenbeckii
speciesEuphorbia bisellenbeckii
Euphorbia pudibunda
speciesEuphorbia pudibunda
Euphorbia discoidea
speciesEuphorbia discoidea
Euphorbia pereskiifolia
speciesEuphorbia pereskiifolia
Euphorbia neopedunculata
speciesEuphorbia neopedunculata
Euphorbia heteropodum
speciesEuphorbia heteropodum
Euphorbia echinulata
speciesEuphorbia echinulata
Euphorbia kirkii
speciesEuphorbia kirkii
Euphorbia gladiata
speciesEuphorbia gladiata
Euphorbia pseudohirsuta
speciesEuphorbia pseudohirsuta
Euphorbia neoglabrata
speciesEuphorbia neoglabrata
Euphorbia syncameronii
speciesEuphorbia syncameronii
Euphorbia mafingensis
speciesEuphorbia mafingensis
Euphorbia biselegans
speciesEuphorbia biselegans
Masai spurge
speciesEuphorbia neococcinea
Euphorbia torrei
speciesEuphorbia torrei
Euphorbia neostolonifera
speciesEuphorbia neostolonifera
Euphorbia magnifica
speciesEuphorbia magnifica
Euphorbia friesii
speciesEuphorbia friesii
Euphorbia herbacea
speciesEuphorbia herbacea
Euphorbia letouzeyana
speciesEuphorbia letouzeyana
Euphorbia neoarborescens
speciesEuphorbia neoarborescens
Euphorbia bianoensis
speciesEuphorbia bianoensis
Euphorbia neoangolensis
speciesEuphorbia neoangolensis
Euphorbia kimberleyana
speciesEuphorbia kimberleyana
Euphorbia neokaessneri
speciesEuphorbia neokaessneri
Euphorbia yattana
speciesEuphorbia yattana
Euphorbia spinulosa
speciesEuphorbia spinulosa
Euphorbia spectabilis
speciesEuphorbia spectabilis
Euphorbia shebeliensis
speciesEuphorbia shebeliensis
Euphorbia schaijesii
speciesEuphorbia schaijesii
Euphorbia rhizophora
speciesEuphorbia rhizophora
Euphorbia renneyi
speciesEuphorbia renneyi
Euphorbia pseudovolkensii
speciesEuphorbia pseudovolkensii
Euphorbia pseudotrinervis
speciesEuphorbia pseudotrinervis
Euphorbia pseudostellata
speciesEuphorbia pseudostellata
Euphorbia pseudopetiolata
speciesEuphorbia pseudopetiolata
Euphorbia pseudonudicaulis
speciesEuphorbia pseudonudicaulis
Euphorbia pseudomollis
speciesEuphorbia pseudomollis
Euphorbia pseudolaevis
speciesEuphorbia pseudolaevis
Euphorbia neoreflexa
speciesEuphorbia neoreflexa
Euphorbia neoparviflora
speciesEuphorbia neoparviflora
Euphorbia neomontana
speciesEuphorbia neomontana
Euphorbia neohalipedicola
speciesEuphorbia neohalipedicola
Euphorbia neogracilis
speciesEuphorbia neogracilis
Euphorbia neogossweileri
speciesEuphorbia neogossweileri
Euphorbia neogoetzei
speciesEuphorbia neogoetzei
Euphorbia neoglaucescens
speciesEuphorbia neoglaucescens
Euphorbia neogillettii
speciesEuphorbia neogillettii
Euphorbia neocymosa
speciesEuphorbia neocymosa
Euphorbia neocrispa
speciesEuphorbia neocrispa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 792739.