Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:453. 1753
Verified:
05/07/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas. 1992
- Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
- Ma, J. S. & C. Y. Wu. 1995. Revision on Euphorbia Linn. (s.l.) from China. Acta Bot. Yunnan. 17:293.
- Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
- Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
- Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
Caribbean copperplant – tropical smokebush – Spanish
cobrizo – cotinilla – lechero – Swedish
koppareuforbia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Sinaloa]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965- |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
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=16360.
Accessed 20 September 2024.