Taxon: Euphorbia lactea Haw.

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• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II [see CITES App. for exceptions]
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• candelabra spurge   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• candelabra-cactus   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• dragon-bones   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• false cactus   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• hat-rack-cactus   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• mottled spurge   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• marmoreuforbia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; F Mascar)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Arch Ophtalmol 72:476-484. 1964)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Euphorbia lactea from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• widely cultivated

• possible origin tropical Asia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography.
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Crowder, J. I. & R. R. Sexton. 1964. Keratoconjunctivitis resulting from the sap of candelebra cactus and the pencil tree. Arch. Ophtalmol. 72:476–484.
• Eggli, U., ed. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. [lists as E. lactea hort.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Euphorbia lactea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Euphorbia lactea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Euphorbia lactea.

Check other web resources for Euphorbia lactea Haw.:

• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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