Euphorbia mellifera (Introduced- UK)

Euphorbia mellifera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 493 1789. (syn: Euphorbia longifolia Lam.; Euphorbia longifolia var. canariensis (Boiss.) Oudejans; Kobiosis mellifera (Aiton) Raf.; Tithymalus mellifer (Aiton) Moench); . Madeira, Canary Islands; Introduced into: Great Britain as per POWO; . Euphorbia mellifera Aiton: 7 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Agree Euphorbia mellifera. My […]

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Euphorbia vajravelui

Euphorbia vajravelui Binojk. & N.P.Balakr., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 63: 229 1991.; . SW. India as per POWO; Stout trees to 4 m tall; stems thick, succulent, flattened or 3-angled, 3-4 cm broad, glabrous; angles armed with paired black spines, 1-10 mm long. Leaves minute, 5mm long, ovate. Cyathea solitary or 2-5 together, 5-8 mm […]

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Euphorbia rosea or Euphorbia dioeca ?

  identification of Euphorbia requested : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) it is a prostate plant, stretched in 10-15cm radius. capsule densely hispid. May anyone clarify if it is Euphorbia hispida or some other species It is photographed at Rapur (Velugonda hills of Easternghats) a dry deciduous forest. We could not find any such specimen at BSI Hyderabad or SKD Ananthapur. This […]

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Euphorbia indica ?

Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD 09042014 : Attachments (7). 6 posts by 3 authors. Please help me identifying the Euphorbiaceae herb – Euphorbia sp. attached herewith. Habit: Herb, prostrate Habitat: Road side waste land Leaves: 1 to 1.5 cm, Elliptic – oblong, glabrous, rounded tip, minutely serrated to crenulate, petiole – 2 mm Entire plant […]

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Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii

Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii Nilesh V. Malpure, Prashant S. Raut, Arun N. Chandore, Bruce E. De Jong, Nordic Journal of Botany Volume 39, Issue 7 July 2021; . Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii: 1 image. A new succulent species of Euphorbia subg. Euphorbia sect. Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) has been found in Maharashtra, India and is here described as E. lakshminarasimhanii in honor […]

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Euphorbia clarkeana

Euphorbia clarkeana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 253 1887. (syn: Chamaesyce clarkeana (Hook.f.) Soják; Euphorbia heyneana var. scindica Boiss.); . Afghanistan to India, Maldives: Afghanistan, India, Maldives, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Clark’s Spurge . Hook. f. ; glabrous, stems filiform many prostrate and spreading from an annual root rarely subsimple and erect, leaves, opposite 1/6-1/4 […]

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Euphorbia katrajensis

Euphorbia katrajensis Gage, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 236 1914. (syn: Chamaesyce katrajensis (Gage) Soják); . India (Maharashtra) as per POWO; . Euphorbia katrajensis Gage ( Euphorbiaceae) 6 images. Euphorbia katrajensis Gage ( Euphorbiaceae) Sihangad Killa, Pune Dist, Maharashtra (Rare, saw only one plant) Habitat – On lower slopes of Fort on Deciduous forest clearings in an […]

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Euphorbia erythroclada

Euphorbia erythroclada Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 25 1862. (syn: Chamaesyce erythroclada (Boiss.) Soják; Euphorbia oligantha Boiss. [Illegitimate]); . W. India as per WCSP; . Common name: Red-Branch Spurge . Euphorbia erythroclada Boiss. (Euphorbiaceae) : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Euphorbia erythroclada Boiss. (Euphorbiaceae) West Indian spurge / Rare plant Thane rural, Maharashtra 2014 September […]

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Euphorbia procumbens (Cultivated)

Euphorbia procumbens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 12 1768. (syn: Euphorbia gorgonis A.Berger; Euphorbia pugniformis Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Medusea procumbens (Mill.) Haw.); Cape Provinces; KwaZulu-Natal as per Catalogue of Life; Euphorbia gorgonis for validation and addition to eFI:: NS March 2020-08 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) This cultivated succulent was shot from a […]

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Euphorbia gottlebei (Cultivated)

Euphorbia gottlebei Rauh, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 64: 15 1992. ; SW. Madagascar as per WCSP;   Euphorbia gottlebei for validation and addition to eFI:: NS March 2020-07 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) This cultivated succulent was displayed in a flower show, and the placard entry identified it as Euphorbia gottlebei… […]

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Euphorbia antiquorum ?

Euphorbia antiquorum ?;   Plants from Cactus Garden: Euphorbia 2 for identification from Panchkula : Attachments (2).  5 posts by 3 authors. This Euphorbia was shot from Cactus garden in Panchkula, please help in id.. I hope E. caducifolia. I think it is Euphorbia caducifolia I think this is not Euphorbia caducifolia, Rather this appears to be […]

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Euphorbia kanaorica

Euphorbia kanaorica Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 154 1862. (syn: Euphorbia polytimetica (Prokh.) Prokh.; Euphorbia prorepens Popov; Tithymalus kanaoricus (Boiss.) Prokh.; Tithymalus polytimeticus Prokh.); Afghanistan to W. Himalaya as per WCSP; Afghanistan; Pakistan; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Euphorbia kanaorica for confirmation : 14 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (5)- around 350 kb each.  Euphorbia […]

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Euphorbia prolifera

Euphorbia prolifera Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 62 1825. (syn: Euphorbia cuneifolia Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia linifolia Wall. ex Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia nepalensis Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia pinus H.Lév.; Tithymalus proliferus (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Soják); . China South-Central; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; . Indian Subcontinent to SC. […]

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Euphorbia geroldii

Euphorbia geroldii Rauh, Succulentes 17(1): 5 1994. ; NE. Madagascar as per WCSP;   Photo from Dr. Amit Mirgal : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) 12.8.2018…I’d  Location Ratnagiri Maharashtra Was it cultivated or wild?  Cultivated one  Assuming the plant is unarmed, this (IMG-20180812-WA0023.jpg) would be Euphorbia geroldii Rauh [Euphorbiaceae]. It is not as common in cultivation […]

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Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis (Cultivated)

Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis (S.Carter) Bruyns, Taxon 55: 415 2006. (syn: Monadenium ritchiei subsp. nyambense S.Carter); Kenya (Meru) as per WCSP; Euphorbia ritchiei subsp. nyambensis Image by Aarti Khale  Euphorbiaceae Fortnight : Euphorbia bergeri : For Validation : BBC Show,Mumbai : 071113 : AK-45 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Seen at the […]

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Euphorbia falcata

Euphorbia falcata L., Sp. Pl. 456 1753. (syn: Esula falcata (L.) Haw.; Esula obscura (Loisel.) Fourr.; Euphorbia acuminata Lam.; Euphorbia arenaria Willd. ex Ledeb. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia arvensis Kit.; Euphorbia arvensis Schleich. ex Steud. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia caesaraugustana Willk. & Lange [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia caudata Boiss. & Hausskn.; Euphorbia erythrosperma A.Kern.; Euphorbia falcata var. acuminata (Lam.) St.-Amans ………..; Euphorbia […]

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Euphorbia epiphylloides

Euphorbia epiphylloides Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 247 1873. ; An unarmed succulent tree which was recorded, up to 1977, as locally common in several localities. Recent surveys have been less successful in locating the species. In total no more than 250 plants exist around Saddle Peak on North Andaman, […]

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Euphorbia sikkimensis

Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss., Prodr. 15(2): 113 1862. (Syn: Euphorbia chrysocoma H.Lév. & Vaniot; Euphorbia chrysocoma var. glaucophylla H.Lév. & Vaniot; Tithymalus sikkimensis (Boiss.) Hurus. & Yu.Tanaka) ?; . Common name: Sikkim Spurge, Chinese spurge . Nepal to S. China as per WCSP; . . References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI  BSI […]

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Euphorbia memoralis(Cultivated- Kenya)

Euphorbia memoralis R.A.Dyer, Fl. Pl. Africa 29: 1129 1952.;   Euphorbia Species : Kenya : 11AUG16 : AK-12 : 12/12 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Seen during visit to Kenya in July. Known as the Candelabra Tree Euphorbia ingens or Euphorbia candelabrum? This appears to be Euphorbia memoralis R.A.Dyer, a species native to Zimbabwe, which […]

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Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Euphorbia hyssopifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1048 1759. (syn: Anisophyllum hyssopifolium (L.) Haw.; Chamaesyce brasiliensis (Lam.) Small; Chamaesyce hyssopifolia (L.) Small; Chamaesyce jenningsii Millsp. ex Britton; Chamaesyce jonesii (Millsp.) Millsp.; Chamaesyce nirurioides Millsp.; Euphorbia blanchetii Miq. ex Boiss.; Euphorbia brasiliensis Lam. …………; Euphorbia domingensis Spreng. ex Boiss. [Illegitimate]; Euphorbia hypericifolia var. falciformis Klotzsch; Euphorbia […]

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