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Euphorbia falcata

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Euphorbia falcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. falcata
Binomial name
Euphorbia falcata
Synonyms[1]
  • Esula falcata (L.) Haw.
  • Euphorbia falcata var. genuina Maire
  • Galarhoeus falcatus (L.) Prokh.
  • Keraselma falcatum (L.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 116 (1838)
  • Tithymalus falcatus (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke

Euphorbia falcata (sickle spurge), is a species of Euphorbia, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and Asia, and naturalised in other parts of the world.[2]

Two subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Euphorbia falcata subsp. falcata: throughout the range of the species
  • Euphorbia falcata subsp. macrostegia (Bornm.) O.Schwartz: restricted to Cyprus and western Turkey

References

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  1. ^ a b "Euphorbia falcata L." Plants of the World Online (POWO). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (2016). Weed Risk Assessment for Euphorbia falcata L. (Euphorbiaceae) – Sickle spurge (PDF). Raleigh: United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. pp. 23 pp. Retrieved 10 February 2023.