Taxon:
Euphorbia characias L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:463. 1753
Verified:
02/12/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
Mediterranean spurge – French
euphorbe characias – German
Palisaden-Wolfsmilch – Portuguese
maleiteira-maior – titímalo-maior – trovisco – trovisco-macho – Spanish
caracias – euforbia encarnada – euforbia macho – hierba topera – lechetrezna encarnada – lechetrezna macho –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Libya, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |