Euphorbia indica Lam.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Aldabra, Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, Iraq, Kuwait, Malawi, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Anisophyllum indicum (Lam.) Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 34 (1867)
- Chamaesyce indica (Lam.) Croizat in Lilloa 8: 406 (1942)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Euphorbia androsaemoides Dennst. in Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 36 (1818)
- Euphorbia bracteolaris Boiss. in Cent. Euphorb.: 8 (1860)
- Euphorbia cassioides C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 539 (1845)
- Euphorbia decumbens (Forssk.) Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 27 (1814)
- Euphorbia granulata var. decumbens Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxii (1775)
- Euphorbia hypericifolia var. bracteolaris (Boiss.) Ewart in Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, n.s., 19: 41 (1907)
- Euphorbia hypericifolia var. coimbatorensis Chandrab. in M.Chandrabose & N.C.Nair, Fl. Coimbatore: 266 (1988)
- Euphorbia indica var. angustifolia Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 22 (1862)
- Euphorbia indica var. procumbens Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 117 (1894)
- Euphorbia indica var. pubescens Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 117 (1894)
- Euphorbia ovalifolia Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1724 (1836)
- Euphorbia pubera Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 655 (1826)
- Euphorbia purpurascens Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 253 (1827), nom. illeg.
- Euphorbia uniflora Roxb. in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 2: 473 (1832), nom. illeg.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2021). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.485.1.1/42845. epublication.
- Binojkumar, M.S. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2010). The genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. A taxonomic revision: 1-430. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- 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.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Pahlevani, A.H. & Riina, R. (2011). A synopsis of Euphorbia subgen. Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) in Iran. Annales Botanici Fennici 48: 304-316.
- Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
- Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Yang, Y., Riina, R., Morawetz, J.J., Haevermans, T., Aubriot, X. & Berry, P.E. (2012). Molecular phylogenetics and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 61: 764-789.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Binojkumar, M.S. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2010). The genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. A taxonomic revision: 1-430. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Pahlevani, A.H. & Riina, R. (2011). A synopsis of Euphorbia subgen. Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) in Iran. Annales Botanici Fennici 48: 304-316.
- Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
- Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
- Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 22 (1862).
- F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan2: 71 (1952).
- Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 423 (1786).
- Raju & Rao in Ind. J. Bot. 2: 202 (1979).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Tweedie, E.M. [1888], Uganda | 2067.000 | No | |||
Tweedie [2253], Uganda | 25997.000 | No | |||
Kotschy [154] | K000252786 | syntype | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images