| Accepted name: |
Euphorbia esula L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Euphorbia pseudovirgata (Schur) Soo
-Euphorbia pseudoagraria Smirnov
-Euphorbia pancicii G. Beck
-Euphorbia intercedens Podp.
-Euphorbia imperfoliata Vis.
-Euphorbia filicina Portenschl
-Euphorbia borodinii Sambuk
-Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit.
-Galarhoeus esula (L.) Rydb.
-Tithymalus esula (L.) Hill
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| English names: |
Leafy Spurge
Hungarian Spurge
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| French names: |
Euphorbe ésule
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HEUPES
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In the USA experimentally cultivated as energy plant. The shoots, used as fuel, produce annually four times more energy than the straw of wheat(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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