Taxon:
Euphorbia tithymaloides L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:453. 1753
Verified:
12/15/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
devil's-backbone – Japanese-poinsettia – milkbush – redbird-cactus – redbird-flower – slipper-flower – slipperplant – Swedish
skobuske –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | Curacao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Smiths CB 77:79. 1991, as Pedilanthus tithymaloides; Eur Gard F, as Pedilanthus tithymaloides | Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1991. Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledonae. Smithsonian contributions to botany vol. 77. 79. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Pedilanthus tithymaloides | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |