Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae Subkingdom: Tracheobionta Superdivision: Spermatophyta Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Euphorbiales Family: Euphorbiaceae

The Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of flowering plants with 240 genera and around 6,000 species. Most spurge plants are small herbs but some are larger and bushy. There are even a few which look like cactus or grow in desert areas like the candelilla.

Well known plants of this family are the Poinsettia, Manioc, the Castor Bean and the Para rubber tree.

Genera

• Acalypha (copperleaf)
• Adelia (wild lime)
• Alchornea (alchornea)
• Alchorneopsis (alchorneopsis)
• Aleurites (aleurites)
• Antidesma (chinalaurel)
• Argythamnia (silverbush)
• Baccaurea (baccaurea)
• Bernardia (myrtlecroton)
• Bischofia (bishopwood)
• Breynia (breynia)
• Caperonia (false croton)
• Chamaesyce (sandmat)
• Chrozophora (chrozophora)
• Claoxylon (claoxylon)
• Cnidoscolus (cnidoscolus)
• Codiaeum (codiaeum)
• Croton (croton)
• Dalechampia (dalechampia)
• Ditrysinia (Sebastian-bush)
• Ditta (ditta)
• Drypetes (drypetes)
• Euphorbia (spurge)
  • E. antisyphilitica (Candelilla)
• Excoecaria
• Flueggea (bushweed)
• Garcia
• Glochidion
• Gymnanthes (gymnanthes)
• Hevea (hevea)
  • H. brasiliensis (Rubber tree)
• Hippomane (hippomane)
• Hura (sandbox tree)
• Hyeronima (hyeronima)
• Jatropha (nettlespurge)
• Leptopus (maidenbush)
• Macaranga (macaranga)
• Mallotus (mallotus)
• Manihot (cassava)
• Margaritaria (margaritaria)
• Melanolepis
• Mercurialis (mercurialis)
• Micrandra (micrandra)
• Microstachys
• Pedilanthus (pedilanthus)
• Pera (pera)
• Phyllanthus (leafflower)
• Reutealis (reutealis)
• Reverchonia (reverchonia)
• Ricinodendron (ricinodendron)
• Ricinus (ricinus)
  • R. communis (castorbean)
• Sapium (milktree)
• Sauropus (sauropus)
• Savia (savia)
• Sebastiania (Sebastian-bush)
• Stillingia (toothleaf)
• Tetracarpidium (tetracarpidium)
• Tetracoccus (shrubby-spurge)
• Tragia (noseburn)
• Triadica (Chinese tallow)
• Vaupesia (vaupesia)
• Vernicia (vernicia)

References

• Euphorbiales by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

External links

• Euphorbia Antisyphilitica (The Candelilla Plant) Demonstrates Providence, Design and Typology in Creation, by George Howe and Emmett Williams. Creation Research Society Quarterly, Volume 27, Number 3, December 1990, 27:86-91.