Euphorbiaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 384. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Gentry, A. H. (1996). Anacardiaceae, pp. 219–225; Burseraceae, pp. 299–304; Euphorbiaceae, pp. 403–424; Meliaceae, pp. 613–617; Rutaceae, pp. 749–758; Sapindaceae, pp. 762–771; Simaroubaceae, pp. 783–786. In: A. H. Gentry, A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Govaerts, R., Fernández Casas, F. J., Barker, C., Carter, S., Davies, S., Esser, H.-J., Gilbert, M., Hoffmann, P., Radcliffe- Smith, A., Steinmann, V., van Welzen, P., Whitmore, T. (2011). World Checklist of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. www.kew.org/wcsp
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2001). Genera Euphorbiacearum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wurdack, K. J., Hoffmann, P. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto) using plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 1397–1420.
  • van Welzen, P. C. (ed.) (ongoing). Flora Malesiana Euphorbiaceae. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden. www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs

Neotropikey

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae). London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2001). Genera Euphorbiacearum. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Steinmann, V.W. & Porter, J.M. (2002): Phylogenetic relationships in Euphorbieae (Euphorbiaceae) based on ITS and ndhF sequence data. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 89: 453-490.
  • Webster, G.L. (1994). Classification of the Euphorbiaceae; Synopsis of the Genera and Suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 3-32, 33-144.
  • Wurdack K.J., Hoffmann, P. & Chase, M.W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaeae sensu stricto) using plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92(8): 1397-1420.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Airy Shaw, H.K. (1980). The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bulletin Additional Series VIII. Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London.
  • Kulju, K.K.M., Sierra, S.E.C & van Welzen, P.C. (2007). Re-shaping Mallotus [Part 2]: Inclusion of Neotrewia, Octospermum and Trewia to Mallotus s.s. (Euphorbiaceae s.s.). Blumea 52: 115–136.
  • Ottens-Treurniet, M.A.D. & van Welzen, P.C. (2016). A revision of the Malesian genus Blumeodendron (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 61: 64–82.
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2001). Genera Euphorbiacearum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sierra, S.E.C., K.K.M. Kulju, J.F. Veldkamp & van Welzen, P.C. (2007). Resurrection of Hancea and lectotypification of Adisca (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 52: 361–366.
  • Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Whitmore, T.C. (2008). The genus Macaranga: a prodromus. Kew Publishing.
  • Yu, R.-Y., Slik, F.J.W. & van Welzen, P.C. (2019). Molecular phylogeny of Trigonostemon and its relatives (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 68: 918–936.
  • van Welzen, P.C. (ed.) (continuously updated). Flora Malesiana Euphorbiaceae. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden. www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Euphorbs/

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Efloras.org. (2021). Flora of North America. [online] Available at: < http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 >
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D. G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2001). Genera Euphorbiacearum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Webster, G. L. (1994). Classification of the Euphorbiaceae; synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81 (1): 33–144.
  • Wurdack, K. J., Hoffmann, P. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto) using plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92 (8): 1397–1420.

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Science Photographs

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  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
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  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0