PLANTS Profile for Euphorbia brachycera (horned spurge)

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PLANTS Profile

Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
horned spurge

Symbol:

EUBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Euphorbia robusta

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Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.

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Synonyms:
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.

	EUBRR	Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. var. robusta (Engelm.) Dorn
	EULU	Euphorbia lurida Engelm.
	EUMO10	Euphorbia montana Engelm.
	EUOD2	Euphorbia odontadenia Boiss.
	EURO5	Euphorbia robusta (Engelm.) Small ex Britton & A. Br.
	TIBR	Tithymalus brachycera (Engelm.) Small
	TIMO	Tithymalus montanus (Engelm.) Small
	TIRO2	Tithymalus robustus (Engelm.) Small

Distribution:
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.


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Related Taxa:
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 98 species in Euphorbia

Classification:
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Euphorbia L. – spurge
Species	Euphorbia brachycera Engelm. – horned spurge

More Accounts and Images:
Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28049.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 03:12 AM CDT