Euphorbia hirta L.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Euphorbia hirta L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 549, Oct 1913

  • Location

    Philippines. Manila, Luzon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4049710

    Occurrence ID: debaa034-c322-4ffe-ae47-44b7023041f7

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Euphorbia hirta L.

Euphorbia capitata Lam.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 411=EUPHORBIA
HIRTA Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 286; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 166.
Blanco correctly interpreted Lamarck’s species and in the
second edition correctly reduced it to the Linnean one. The
species is more commonly known as Euphorbia pilulifera Linn.,
but this is a synonym of Euphorbia hirta Linn., the latter having
page priority. It is very common and widely distributed at
low altitudes in the settled areas of the Philippines; certainly
an introduced weed.
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1913 (Mer•
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 549).
SPEC IES
MEJiJi ill:
HLAHCtlANAE
no 549
549« Euphorbia hirta linn.;
Blanoo
Euphorbia qapitata Lam.;
Blanoo
Euphorbia pilulifera Linn«
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