| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Euphorbia heterophylla L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 453. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
		
			| Is replaced synonym for: | Euphorbia heterophylla var. genuina Boiss. | 
		
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Rosanae
 Ordo - Malpighiales Bercht. & J. Presl
 Familia - Euphorbiaceae Juss.
 Genus - Euphorbia L.
 
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                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Cyathophora heterophyla (L.) Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. genuina Boiss., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Agaloma angustifolia Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cyathophora ciliata Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cyathophora picta Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia angustifolia Lockh. ex G. Don, nom. nud. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia calyciflora Sessé & Moc. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia elliptica Lam. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia epilobiifolia W. T. Wang | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia frangulifolia Kunth | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia geniculata Ortega | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia havanensis Willd. ex Boiss., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia linifolia Vahl, nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia lockhartii Steud., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia morisoniana Klotzsch | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia pandurata Huber | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia prunifolia Jacq. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia taiwaniana S. S. Ying | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia trachyphylla A. Rich. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia frangulifolia (Kunth) Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia geniculata (Ortega) Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia havanensis Small | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia morisoniana (Klotzsch) Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia prunifolia (Jacq.) Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Poinsettia ruiziana Klotzsch & Garcke | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Tithymalus prunifolius (Jacq.) Haw. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. brasiliensis Müll. Arg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. elliptica (Lam.) Kuntze | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. eriocarpa Millsp. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. geniculata (Ortega) M. Gómez | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla var. linifolia Kuntze | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia prunifolia var. angustifolia Müll. Arg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia prunifolia var. genuina Müll. Arg., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia prunifolia var. repanda Müll. Arg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia heterophylla f. hirticaulis Kuntze | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Euphorbia prunifolia f. silvatica Chodat & Hassl. | 
                          
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | [Ca Cy] |