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Euphorbia tithymaloides L. tithymaloides (Sp. Pl. 453. 1753.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bleeding heart (L. Antilles), Bois-lait (L. Antilles), Couena (Dominican Republic), Díctamo (Cuba), Díctamo real (Cuba), Fiddle flower (Bahamas), Gallito colorado (Cuba), Gros négre (Haiti), Grosse oreilles (L. Antilles), Herbe à cors (L. Antilles), Ipecacuana (Dominican Republic), Ipecacuana (Puerto Rico), Ipecacuana de la tierra (Dominican Republic), Ítamo (Cuba), Itamo real (Puerto Rico), Ítamo real (Cuba), Jew bush (L. Antilles), Lait à cors (L. Antilles), Milk bush (L. Antilles), Monkey fiddle (Jamaica), Pantoufle (L. Antilles), Patagon (L. Antilles), Porcelaine (Haiti), Redbird flower (L. Antilles), Slipper flower (Bahamas), Slipper plant (L. Antilles), Zapatico (Dominican Republic), Z'herbe de l'eau (Haiti), Synonyms: Pedilanthus ierensis Britton (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53: 468. 1926.), Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. (Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 19: 390. 1812.), 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). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. 1908-1926. Studies of West Indian plants. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden (Reprinted from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club). 6). 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. 7). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 8). 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. 9). García, R., M. Mejía, B. Peguero, J. Salazar, and F. Jiménez. 2002. Flora y vegetación del parque nacional del Este, Republica Dominicana. Moscosoa 13: 22-58. 10). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 11). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 12). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 13). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 14). 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. 15). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 16). 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. 17). 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. 18). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 19). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 20). 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 24 Apr 12 |