Published July 30, 2024 | Version v1
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Euphorbia heterophylla Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal & CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 3. Science Department, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 4. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AB, United Kingdom
  • 5. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, University of Leiden, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Description

* Euphorbia heterophylla Linnaeus (1753a: 453)

Ecology: occurs in disturbed areas (Jinshuang & Gilbert 2008).

Distribution: native to America, introduced in parts of America, in Africa, S Asia, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands (POWO 2023).

Specimens examined: Indonesia (Timor Barat): South Central Timor, [Nikiniki, 9°48’49” S, 124°28’35” E], 1 July 1965, Kooy, C. W. 234 (L [L.2209133]); Timor Leste: January 1962, Cinatti, R. 256 (L [L.2209131]); Aileu, [Laulara, 8°36’11” S, 125°35’38” E], 25 January 2004, Paiva, J. & Silveira, P. T 202 (COI, L [L.2209140]); Díli, [Dili, 8°33’31” S, 125°34’25” E], 7 February 2005, Paiva, J., Silveira, P. & Sousa, A. J. T 364 (COI, L [L.2209138]); [Díli, 8°33’31” S, 125°34’25” E], 29 December 1953, van Steenis, C. G. G. J. 18336 (BM [BM015176369], L [L.2209134]); Liquiçá, [Maubara, 8°36’43” S, 125°12’22” E], 7 February 2005, Paiva, J., Silveira, P. & Sousa, A. J. T 323 (COI, L [L.2209139]); Manatuto, [Laclo, 8°33’18” S, 125°54’34” E], 26 February 2005, Paiva, J., Silveira, P. & Pratas, J. T 661 (COI, L [L.2209137]).

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.

Notes

Published as part of Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, pp. 123-149 in Phytotaxa 661 (2) on page 130, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13218376

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References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1753 a) Species plantarum. Vol. 1, 1 st ed. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm, 560 pp.
  • Jinshuang, M. & Gilbert, M. G. (2008) Euphorbia. Flora of China 11: 288 - 313.
  • POWO (2023) Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet. Available from: http: // www. plantsoftheworldonline. org / (accessed 3 October 2023)