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Euphorbia heterophylla L. (Sp. Pl. 453. 1753.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Icacos, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (exotic), Common Names: Acerca amor (Puerto Rico), Caca poule (Haiti), Chisposo (Cuba), Corazón de maría (Cuba), Cotorrita (Cuba), Deshomme (Haiti), Deux hommes (Haiti), Deux saisons (Haiti), Feuilles crabe baramba (Haiti), Feuilles Z'a rien (Haiti), Galloping warner (L. Antilles), Governor Grant's livery (Bahamas), Jacob's ladder (Bahamas), Leche vana (Dominican Republic), Leche vana (Puerto Rico), Lechecilla (Dominican Republic), Lechecilla (Puerto Rico), Lechosa (Cuba), Male ipecac (L. Antilles), Plante rageur (Haiti), Poinsettia (Dominican Republic), Saint Jean d'Hiver (Haiti), Sanguinaria (Dominican Republic), Yerba de leche (Dominican Republic), Yerba de lechera (Dominican Republic), Yerba lechera (Cuba), Yerba lechera (Dominican Republic), Yerba lechosa (Cuba), Yerba lechosa (Dominican Republic), Yerba ranchera (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Euphorbia heterophylla L. var. linifolia Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 605. 1891.), Euphorbia linifolia Vahl (Symb. Bot. 2: 53. 1791.), Euphorbia trachyphylla A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 198. 1850.), Poinsettia geniculata (Ortega) Klotzsch & Garcke (Monatsber. Kúnigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 253. 1859), Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke (Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 253. 1859.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 12). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 13). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 14). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 15). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 16). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 17). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 18). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 15 Apr 09 |