Authority:

Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Description:

Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Annual weed known throughout Tropical America. BRITISH GUIANA. Golden Grove, Georgetown, Nov 1905, Bartlett s.n. ([male][female] fl. fr. NY); Mahaica, on coast, 15 Nov 1919, Hitchcock 16774 ([male][female] fl. NY) ; Berbice, 1926, Leon 171 ([male][female] fl. fr. NY) ; Kamuni Creek, Groete Creek, Essequibo River, 21 Apr 1944, Maguire d; Fanshawe 22933a ([male][female] fl. fr. NY); Demerara, 2 M a y 1958, Harrison 882 ([male][female] fl. NY). BRAZIL. Para: Belem, 14 Oct 1942, Archer 7668 ([male][female] fl. fr. NY) , Killip d Smith 30305 ([male][female]fl. fr. NY) ; Obidos, Spruce 192 ([male][female] fl. fr. NY).

Discussion:

C. lobatus e genuinus Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15(2) : 669. 1866.

Distribution:

Guyana South America| Brazil South America|