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Taxon: Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq.

Synonym of Euphorbia heterophylla L.

Genus: Euphorbia subgenus: Poinsettia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Nomen number: 316420
Place of publication: Pl. hort. schoenbr. 3:15. 1798
Comment: see Taxon 54:1075-1079. 2005 for dating of this volume of Jacquin's work
Name verified on: 02-Jul-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Oct-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

THIS NAME HAS BEEN USED FOR A SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
Has been used for a declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents (see accepted name for other GRIN data):
FL*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.

References:

  • Dressler, R. L. 1961. A synopsis of Poinsettia (Euphorbiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 48:339. [= Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke].
  • Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. (WorldWeeds) [accepts].
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru) [mentions].
  • Mayfield, M. H. 1997. A systematic treatment of Euphorbia subgenus Poinsettia (Euphorbiaceae). Unpublished dissertation (Ph.D.) (University of Texas at Austin) 109.
More:

Check other databases for Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316420 (21 November 2009)

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