Stillingia aquatica, known as water toothleaf and corkwood, is a flowering shrub in the genus ''

Stillingia ''Stillingia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1767. The genus is native to Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Toothleaf ...

'' that grows in the

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in parts of

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, and

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. It is in the spurge family, ''

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as '' Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, ...

''. ''Stillingia aquatica'' was described by

Alvan Wentworth Chapman Alvan Wentworth Chapman (September 28, 1809 – April 6, 1899) was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast.Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Co ...

in 1860.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15382587 aquatica Plants described in 1860 Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Flora of Florida Flora of Alabama Flora of South Carolina Taxa named by Alvan Wentworth Chapman