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Euphorbia bupleurifolia, commonly known as cycad spurge or pine cone plant, is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. [1]It is native to southern Africa. [2] It is found in the South African regions of Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal.
Euphorbia characias flowers. Euphorbiaceae (/ j uː ˈ f oʊ r b iː ˌ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, [2] which is also the name of the type genus of the family.
Jatropha plant Jatropha plant Jatropha plant. Jatropha is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἰατρός (iatros), meaning "physician", and τροφή (trophe), meaning "nutrition", hence the common name physic nut. Another common name is nettlespurge. [2]
Thanks to convergent evolution, these columnar, ribbed flowering plants appear to resemble cacti, although they have different forms and flowers to tell them apart; e.i. a cactus would have spines (leaf tissue) with a rose-like flower, whereas a euphorbieae would have a very basic, 3 petal shape with thorns (stem tissue).
Euphorbia dulcis, sweet spurge, is a species in the genus Euphorbia, native to Europe. [2] It is not as acrid as other Euphorbia species, hence the epithet which means "sweet". [ 3 ] The cultivar 'Chameleon', with purple foliage, is the one most commonly planted in gardens.
Jatropha podagrica is a species of flowering, caudiciform succulent plant in the spurge family,Euphorbiaceae, aligning it closely with related genera such as Croton, Euphorbia and Ricinus (castor bean), among others.
Euphorbia caducifolia has a rather limited distribution in the Thar Desert in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, on the boundary between India and Pakistan. [1] This is an area of sandy hills and shifting sand dunes, with clumps of thorny vegetation, low trees, grasses and scrub.
Euphorbia trigona, the African milk tree, [1] cathedral cactus, [1] or Abyssinian euphorbia, [2] is a species of flowering plant that originates from Central Africa. Somewhat common in cultivation as a houseplant or as a hedge, the species is one of the euphorbias with succulent stems and branches as an adaptation to arid climates .