Checklist: Euphorbiaceae

EUPHORBIACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zambia.

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Literature:   
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001) Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5)   
Govaerts, R. et al. (2000) World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)   
 
Names
 
4407.000 ACALYPHA L.
Acalypha amentacea Roxb.
subsp. wilkesiana (Müll. Arg.) Fosberg
Acalypha compacta Guilfoyle ex C.T. White
Acalypha godseffiana Mast.
Acalypha marginata J.J. Sm. non Spreng.
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg.
godseffiana Mast. var. marginata (J.J. Sm.) Pax & K. Hoffm.
 
4424.000 RICINUS L.
Ricinus communis L.
var. communis
Ricinus communis L.
var. megalospermus (Del.) Müll.Arg.
 
4428.010 VERNICIA Lour.
Vernicia montana Lour.
Aleurites montana (Lour.) Wilson
 
4444.000 MANIHOT Mill.
Manihot glaziovii Müll. Arg.
 
4454.000 CODIAEUM A. Juss.
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A. Juss.
var. variegatum
 
4498.000 EUPHORBIA L.
CHAMAESYCE Gray  
Euphorbia fulgens Karw. ex Klotzsch
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Poinsettia pulcherrima (Klotzsch) Graham

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants checklist: Euphorbiaceae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=87, retrieved 28 April 2025

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