Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia rigida M.Bieb.

First published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 375 (1808)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Africa, S. Europe to Iran. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Geltman, D. (2004). Generis Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) sectionis Paralias Dumort. subsectionis Myrsiniteae Boiss. revisio. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 36: 159-169.
  • Geltman, D. (2009). Spurges (Euphorbia L., Euphorbiaceae) of the boreal Eurasia. I. section Paralias Dumort.. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 41: 166-191.
  • Geltman, D.V. (2020). A synopsis of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) for the Cacuasus. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 51: 43-78.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Portinier, N.N. & Solodjko, A.S. (2006). Additions to the flora of western Transcaucasia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 91: 1413-1420.
  • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F., Stevanovic, V. & Kit Tan (2013). New floristic records in the Balkans: 22. Phytologia Balcanica 19: 267-303.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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