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Spurge

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Spurges
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
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Species
\nE. aaron-rossii\n
E. agraria\n
E. antisyphilitica\n
E. bicolor\n
E. bifurcata\n
E. bilobata\n
E. brachycera\n
E. caunculata\n
E. chamaesula\n
E. commutata\n
E. corollata\n
E. cotinifolia\n
E. crenulata\n
E. cuphosperma\n
E. curtisii\n
E. cyathophora\n
E. cyparissias\n
E. damarana\n
E. davidii\n
E. dendroides\n
E. dentata\n
E. discoidalis\n
E. epithymoides\n
E. eriantha\n
E. esula\n
E. exigua\n
E. exserta\n
E. exstipulata\n
E. falcata\n
E. floridana\n
E. gaudichaudii\n
E. X gayeri\n
E. graminea\n
E. haeleeleana\n
E. helioscopia\n
E. helleri\n
E. hernariifolia\n
E. heterophylla\n
E. hexagona\n
E. incisa\n
E. innocua\n
E. inundata\n
E. ipecacuanhae\n
E. josei\n
E. lactea\n
E. lancifolia\n
E. lathyris\n
E. leucocephala\n
E. longicruris\n
E. lucida\n
E. macropus\n
E. marginata\n
E. mellifera\n
E. mercurialina\n
E. milii\n
E. misera\n
E. myrsinites\n
E. nephradenia\n
E. neriifolia\n
E. nudicaulis\n
E. oblongata\n
E. oerstediana\n
E. palmeri\n
E. paralias\n
E. peplidion\n
E. peplus\n
E. petiolaris\n
E. pinetorum\n
E. platyphylla\n
E. platyphyllos\n
E. polyphylla\n
E. X pseudoesula\n
E. pubentissima\n
E. pulcherrima\n
E. purpurea\n
E. radians\n
E. resinifera\n
E. roemerana\n
E. roemeriana\n
E. segetalis\n
E. serrata\n
E. spathulata\n
E. strictior\n
E. telephioides\n
E. terracina\n
E. tetrapora\n
E. texana\n
E. tirucalli\n
E. trichotoma\n
E. virosa\n
E. wrightii\n
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Spurges (genus Euphorbia) are a large genus of plants that are mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, often poisonous milky juice. \nSome of them are armed with thornss. Most plants of the spurge genus yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

Species with Common Names

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Poinsettia\n*Mole plant or Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)\n*Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)

Reference

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ITIS - Euphorbia
as of 2002-07-13

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