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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosanae > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia

Preferred term

Euphorbia  

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Entry terms

  • Euphorbia hirta
  • Spurge
  • Spurges

Note

  • note entry term SPURGE: restrict to EUPHORBIA; SPURGE, JAPANESE see PACHYSANDRA is also available

Scope note

  • A large plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. They have a milky sap and a female flower consisting of a single pistil surrounded by numerous male flowers of one stamen each. Euphorbia hirta is rarely called milkweed but that name is normally used for ASCLEPIAS.

History note

  • 2002; for SPURGE use EUPHORBIACEAE 1998-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D028481

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