Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia
Euphorbia cotinifolia

Euphorbia cotinifolia subsp. cotinoides (Miq.) Christenh.

First published in Harvard Pap. Bot. 7: 3 (2002)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Mexico to Bolivia and Trinidad. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Benin, Cayman Is., China Southeast, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Hainan, India, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Binojkumar, M.S. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2010). The genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. A taxonomic revision: 1-430. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson-Sutherland, C. (2010). Adiciones y Comentarios a la Flora de Honduras. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 51: 70-88.
  • Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Euphorbia cotinifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Binojkumar, M.S. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2010). The genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. A taxonomic revision: 1-430. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aelson [436] Guyana K003399270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003399278 Yes
Boom, B.; Gopaul, D. [7270] Guyana K003399273 Yes
Archer, W.A. [2244] Guyana K003399275 Yes
Graham, V. [171] Guyana K003399272 Yes
[C. S. P.] [s.n.] Guyana K003399276 Yes
Archer, W.A. [2422] Guyana K003399274 Yes
Sagot, P. [885] French Guiana K003399277 Yes
Samuels, J.A. [227] Suriname K003399269 Yes
Aelson [436] Guyana K003399271 Yes
Spruce, R. [4502] Peru Euphorbia cotinoides K000201879 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399803 Yes
Spruce, R. [4502] Ecuador Euphorbia cotinoides K000201881 Yes
von Sneidern, K. [2387] Colombia Euphorbia cotinoides K001494812 Yes
Stahel; [Gonggrijp]; Boldingh [816] Suriname Euphorbia cotinoides K003399279 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1564] Suriname Euphorbia cotinoides K003399280 Yes
Spruce, R. [4502] Peru Euphorbia cotinoides K000201880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399807 Yes
Boz, A.C. [436] Guyana Euphorbia cotinoides K003399805 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A.; Fife, A.J.; McFarland, K.; Mota, C.D.A.; Santos, J.L. [529] Brazil Euphorbia cotinoides K003399282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399802 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399808 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399804 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15554] Brazil Euphorbia cotinoides K003399281 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Euphorbia cotinoides K003399806 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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