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Euphorbia serpens Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 52. 1817.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, the Grenadines, Maria Galante,Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Icacos, Mona, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (S. Europe), Common Names: Coronilla (Cuba), Lechera (Cuba), Malomet (Haiti), Sanguinaria (Puerto Rico), Yerba lechera (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Chamaesyce biramensis (Urb.) Alain (Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952.), Chamaesyce mangletii (Urb.) Alain (Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952.), Chamaesyce microclada (Urb.) Alain (Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952.), Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small (Fl. S.E. U.S. 709. 1903.), Euphorbia biramensis Urb. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 232. 1930.), Euphorbia inflexa Urb. & Ekman (Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 64. 1928.), Euphorbia mangletii Urb. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 233. 1930.), Euphorbia microclada Urb. (Symb. Antill. 9: 215. 1924.), Euphorbia pileoides Millsp. (Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser., 2(1): 62. 1900.), 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). 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. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 8). 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. 9). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 10). Original publication consulted. 11). 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. 12). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 13). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 14). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 15). 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 01 Dec 09 |