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4498.000 Euphorbia
CHAMAESYCE Gray
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001) Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5)
Description of the genus
Monoecious annual, biennial or perennial herbs, shrubs or trees, sometimes succulent. Milky latex present. Stipules usually present. Leaves mostly alternate, sometimes opposite or whorled. Inflorescence composed of cyathia in simple, dichotomous or umbellate terminal cymes; bracts paired, often leaf-like, sometimes brightly coloured. Cyathia with (1-)4-5(-8) glands around the rim alternating with 5 fringed lobes. Male flowers in 5 groups separated by fringed membranes, bracteolate. Female flower subsessile or with the pedicel elongating or reflexed in fruit. Ovary 3-locular. Styles 3, partly united. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, usually 3-lobed. Derivation of name: for Euphorbus (1st century), Greek physician of Juba II, king of Mauritania. Worldwide: c. 2,000 species, cosmopolitan, but more in warm areas. Mozambique: 66 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ambroseae L.C. Leach var. spinosa L.C. Leach[NrEnd] | T,MS,GI | |
| ambroseae L.C. Leach var. ambroseae [End] | Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| angularis Klotzsch[End] | N | |
| baylissii L.C. Leach[End] | GI,M | |
| bougheyi L.C. Leach[End] | Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| citrina S. Carter[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| clavigera N.E. Br. | M | |
| confinalis R.A. Dyer subsp. confinalis | MS,M | Description, Image |
| contorta L.C. Leach[End] | N,Z | |
| cooperi N.E. Br. ex A. Berger var. cooperi | N,GI,M | Description, Image |
| cooperi N.E. Br. ex A. Berger var. calidicola L.C. Leach | T,MS | Description, Image |
| corniculata R.A. Dyer[End] | N | |
| crebrifolia S. Carter[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| cuneata Vahl subsp. cuneata | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| cyathophora Murray | GI,M | Description, Image |
| cyparissioides Pax | MS | Description, Image |
| decliviticola L.C. Leach[NrEnd] | N,Z | |
| depauperata Hochst. ex A. Rich. var. tsetserrensis S. Carter[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| epicyparissias (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. | GI,M | |
| goetzei Pax | N | Image |
| grandicornis Goebel ex N.E. Br. subsp. grandicornis [NrEnd] | MS,GI,M | |
| grandicornis Goebel ex N.E. Br. subsp. sejuncta L.C. Leach[End] | N | |
| grandidens Haw. | M | |
| graniticola L.C. Leach[End] | MS | Description, Image |
| griseola Pax subsp. griseola | MS | Description, Image |
| griseola Pax subsp. mashonica L.C. Leach | T | Description, Image |
| halipedicola L.C. Leach | N,Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| heterophylla L. | Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| hirta L. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| inaequilatera Sond. var. inaequilatera | Z,GI,M | |
| indica Lam. | T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| ingens E. Mey. ex Boiss. | N,T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| keithii R.A. Dyer[NrEnd] | M | |
| kilwana N.E. Br. | GI | |
| knuthii Pax subsp. johnsonii (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach[End] | MS | |
| knuthii Pax subsp. knuthii [NrEnd] | M | |
| limpopoana L.C. Leach ex S. Carter | GI | |
| lividiflora L.C. Leach | N,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| lupatensis N.E. Br. | MS | Description, Image |
| malevola L.C. Leach | T | Description, Image |
| marrupana Bruyns[End] | N | |
| matabelensis Pax | N,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| milii Des Moul. | Description, Image | |
| mlanjeana Leach[NrEnd] | Z | |
| mossambicensis (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. | Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| namuliensis Bruyns[End] | Z | |
| neopolycnemoides Pax & K. Hoffm. | M | Description, Image |
| platycephala Pax | N | Description, Image |
| plenispina S. Carter[End] | MS | |
| prostrata Aiton | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| ramulosa L.C. Leach[End] | N,Z | |
| rugosiflora L.C. Leach[NrEnd] | MS? | |
| schimperiana Scheele var. schimperiana | Description | |
| schimperiana Scheele var. pubescens (N.E. Br.) S. Carter | Z,T | Description, Image |
| schlechteri Pax[End] | M | |
| serpens Kunth | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| stenocaulis Bruyns[End] | Z | Image |
| systyloides Pax subsp. porcaticapsa S. Carter | Z | |
| tettensis Klotzsch | T,MS | Description, Image |
| thymifolia L. | Z | |
| tirucalli L. | Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| tortirama R.A. Dyer | GI | Image |
| transvaalensis Schltr. | T | Description, Image |
| triangularis Desf. ex A. Berger | M | |
| unicornis R.A. Dyer[End][VU] | N | Description, Image |
| zambesiana Benth. var. zambesiana | M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Euphorbia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: EuphorbiaFlora of Botswana: cultivated Euphorbia
Flora of Burundi: Euphorbia
Flora of Caprivi: Euphorbia
Flora of the DRC: Euphorbia
Flora of Malawi: Euphorbia
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Euphorbia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Euphorbia
Flora of Rwanda: Euphorbia
Flora of Zambia: Euphorbia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Euphorbia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Euphorbia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Euphorbia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EuphorbiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Euphorbia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euphorbia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Euphorbia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Euphorbia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euphorbia
JSTOR Plant Science: Euphorbia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euphorbia
Plants of the World Online: Euphorbia
Tropicos: Euphorbia
Wikipedia: Euphorbia
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