Euphorbia oerstediana (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2.1): 59. 1862.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbados, the Grenadines, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], Central America (native), South America (native),
Synonyms: Dichylium oerstedianum (Klotzsch & Garcke) Britton (In N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 499. 1924.), Poinsettia oerstediana Klotzsch & Garcke (Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 253. 1859.),
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