Euphorbia prostrata Aiton

First published in Hort. Kew. 2: 139 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has social uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kentucky, Kriti, Krym, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Phoenix Is., Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Ukraine, Utah, Vanuatu, Virginia, Wake I., West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wyoming, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Pringle, C.G. [6436] Mexico K000476664 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Pringle, C.G. [3781] Mexico K000476481 No
Jul 1, 1966 Smith, H.H. [78] Colombia K001494753 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8890] Brazil K001210654 Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] Brazil K001210655 Yes
Hammel, B.; Pérez, I. [25135] Costa Rica K001609386 Yes
Lobin, W. [2512] Cabo Verde K001105486 No
Lobin, W. [2360] Cabo Verde K001105487 No
Glaziou, A. [9576] Brazil K001210653 Yes
Cardoso, J. [92] Cabo Verde K001105488 No
Lobin, W. [368] Cabo Verde K001105482 No
Isabelle [s.n.] Brazil K001210656 Yes
Lobin, W. [2284] Cabo Verde K001105484 No
Cardoso, J. [190] Cabo Verde K001105481 No
Lobin, W. [2551] Cabo Verde K001105485 No
Afonso, L. [34] Brazil K001210657 Yes
Lobin, W. [1637] Cabo Verde K001105483 No
W.Trop. K001494754 Yes

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