Biology:Euphorbia thymifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia thymifolia
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. thymifolia
Binomial name
Euphorbia thymifolia

Euphorbia thymifolia, the red caustic-creeper,[2] is a prostrate annual herb of the family Euphorbiaceae.[3][4] Native to tropical and subtropical America, it grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes and produces milky sap.[5] The plant has velvet-hairy red stems up to 25 cm long, with small ovate leaves and minute cyathia flowers in the leaf axils.[6] Widely used as a traditional medicine in Africa and Asia, it is also harvested as food and traded in local markets.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 454 (1753)
  2. ↑ "Red Caustic-creeper (Euphorbia thymifolia)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/200055-Euphorbia-thymifolia. 
  3. ↑ "Euphorbia thymifolia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102034-2. 
  4. ↑ "Euphorbia thymifolia / Species Page / Plant Atlas". https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2778. 
  5. ↑ "Euphorbia thymifolia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012575. 
  6. ↑ "Euphorbia thymifolia - Gulf Sandmat". https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gulf%20Sandmat.html. 
  7. ↑ "Euphorbia thymifolia - Useful Tropical Plants". https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Euphorbia+thymifolia. 

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