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
  
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
  
4421.010 PLUKENETIA L. 
PTEROCOCCUS Hassk. 
  
4424.000 RICINUS L. 
*Ricinus communis L.
* var. communis
  
4463.010 SCHINZIOPHYTON Hutch. ex Radcl.-Sm. 
RICINODENDRON sensu Schinz p.p. non Müll. Arg. 
Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) Radcl.-Sm.
Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz
  
4478.010 SPIROSTACHYS Sond. 
Spirostachys africana Sond.
Excoecaria africana (Sond.) Müll.
  
4483.010 SCLEROCROTON Hochst. 
SAPIUM P. Browne p.p. 
Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers
Sapium cornutum Pax
Sapium poggei Pax
Sapium xylocarpum Pax
Sclerocroton oblongifolius (Müll. Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers BI,LS,MO
Excoecaria oblongifolia Müll. Arg.
Sapium oblongifolium (Müll. Arg.) Pax
Sapium suffruticosum Pax.
  
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 candelabrum Welw. [End] BE,BO,CS,LA
Euphorbia conspicua N.E.Br.
*Euphorbia hyssopifolia L.
  
4500.000 SYNADENIUM Boiss. 
Synadenium angolense N.E. Br.

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