Taxon:
Euphorbia thymifolia L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:454. 1753
Verified:
12/15/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.
- Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource). URL: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/TROPICOS/china/welcome.html
- Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):271. URL: http://proseanet.org
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). Note: = Chamaesyce thymifolia (L.) Millsp.
Common names
English
chickenweed – Gulf sandmat – Spanish
golondrina –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Delhi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Goa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Haryana | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Manipur | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Odisha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Sikkim | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tripura | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. & c. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | St. Barthelemy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
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 | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Tungurahua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zambia
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
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CHINA:
China [Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s. & c.)]
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REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe [St. Barthelemy], Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Los Ríos, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua], Peru [Loreto]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Chamaesyce thymifolia; F Nicaragua; L Belize NY, as Chamaesyce thymifolia; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):271. 1999; Wealth India RM; Healing Pl India | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | fish | fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):271. 1999; L Belize, as Chamaesyce thymifolia | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):271. URL: http://proseanet.org |