Checklist: Euphorbiaceae

EUPHORBIACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Mozambique.

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Jatropha integerrima
Literature:   
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001) Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5)   
Govaerts, R. et al. (2000) World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)   
 
Names
 
4407.000 ACALYPHA L.
Acalypha amentacea Roxb.
subsp. wilkesiana (Müll. Arg.) Fosberg
Acalypha compacta Guilfoyle ex C.T. White
Acalypha godseffiana Mast.
Acalypha marginata J.J. Sm. non Spreng.
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg.
godseffiana Mast. var. marginata (J.J. Sm.) Pax & K. Hoffm.
Acalypha hispida Burm.f.
 
4424.000 RICINUS L.
Ricinus communis L.
var. communis
Ricinus communis L.
var. africanus (Willd.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus africanus Willd.
 
4428.000 ALEURITES J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
Jatropha moluccana L.
 
4428.010 VERNICIA Lour.
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw
Aleurites fordii Hemsl.
Vernicia montana Lour.
Aleurites montana (Lour.) Wilson
 
4433.000 JATROPHA L.
Jatropha integerrima Jacq.
Jatropha multifida L.
 
4444.000 MANIHOT Mill.
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Jathropha manihot L.
Manihot dulcis (J.F. Gmel.) Pax
Manihot utilissima Pohl
Manihot glaziovii Müll. Arg.
 
4454.000 CODIAEUM A. Juss.
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A. Juss.
var. variegatum
 
4498.000 EUPHORBIA L.
CHAMAESYCE Gray  
Euphorbia cuneata Vahl
subsp. cuneata
Euphorbia milii Des Moul.
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Poinsettia pulcherrima (Klotzsch) Graham
 
4501.000 PEDILANTHUS Neck. ex A. Poit.
Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) A. Poit.
subsp. smallii (Millsp.) Dressler

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants checklist: Euphorbiaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=87, retrieved 18 April 2025

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