Checklist: Euphorbiaceae

EUPHORBIACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Carter, S. & Leach, L.C. (2001) Euphorbiaceae: subfamily Euphorbioideae: tribe Euphorbieae Flora Zambesiaca 9(5)  
Govaerts, R. et al. (2000) World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
DISCOGLYPREMNA Prain 
Discoglypremna caloneura (Pax) Prain
  
TETRORCHIDIUM Poepp. 
Tetrorchidium didymostemon (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Gelonium angolense Prain
Hasskarlia didymostemon Baill.
Hasskarlia minor Prain
Suregada angolensis (Prain) Croizat
Tetrorchidiopsis didymostemon (Baill.) Rauschert
Tetrorchidiopsis minor (Prain) Rauschert
Tetrorchidium minus (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  
RICINODENDRON Müll. Arg. 
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel
subsp. africanum (Müll. Arg.) J. Léonard var. africanum
  
4422.000 DALECHAMPIA Plum. ex L. 
Dalechampia scandens L.
var. cordofana (Hochst. ex Webb) Müll. Arg.
Dalechampia cordofana Hochst. ex Webb
Dalechampia parvifolia Lam.
Dalechampia scandens L. var. parvifolia (Lam.) Müll. Arg.
  
4424.000 RICINUS L. 
*Ricinus communis L.
* var. communis
  
4483.020 SHIRAKIOPSIS Esser 
SAPIUM P. Browne in part 
Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.) Esser
Sapium ellipticum (Hochst. ex Krauss) Pax
Sapium mannianum (Müll. Arg.) Benth.
  
4498.000 EUPHORBIA L. 
CHAMAESYCE Gray 
Euphorbia inaequilatera Sond.
Chamaesyce inaequilatera (Sond.) Soják
Euphorbia inaequilatera Sond. var. perennis N,E. Br.
Euphorbia ingens E. Mey. ex Boiss.
Euphorbia zambesiana Benth.
Chamaesyce zambesiana (Benth.) Koutnik
Euphorbia poggei Pax
Euphorbia zambesiana Benth. var. villosula (Pax) N.E.Brown
  
4500.000 SYNADENIUM Boiss. 

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The Uganda flora team (2026). Flora of Uganda: Checklist: Euphorbiaceae].
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