Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:463. 1753
Verified:
02/12/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
- Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
Mediterranean spurge – French
euphorbe characias – German
Palisaden-Wolfsmilch – Portuguese
maleiteira-maior – titímalo-maior – trovisco – trovisco-macho – Spanish
caracias – euforbia encarnada – euforbia macho – hierba topera – lechetrezna encarnada – lechetrezna macho –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Libya, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16358.
Accessed 20 September 2024.