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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the spurge

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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 Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

. It is widespread across North and South America, Africa, the

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, northern Australia, and to various islands in the Caribbean and in the Indian Ocean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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, which is practiced by the

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, and is used in curing

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. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(

Acalypha ''Acalypha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name ''Acalypha'' is from the ...

Adenophaedra ''Adenophaedra'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1874.Alchornea ''Alchornea'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, South Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands. Mo ...

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Cleidion ''Cleidion'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1826. It is found in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.Webster, G. L. & M ...

Cnesmone ''Cnesmone'' is a genus of plant of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to southern China and to much of Southeast Asia (Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & ...

Dalechampia ''Dalechampia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Dalechampiinae. It is widespread across lowland tropical areas (generally below 2,000 m ASL) primarily in the Americas with smaller numbers of speci ...

Megistostigma ''Megistostigma'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1887. It is native to southern China, Assam, and Southeast Asia. ;Species # '' Megistostigma burmanicum'' - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Perlis # '' Meg ...

Micrococca ''Micrococca'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849. It is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Old World Tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shi ...

Microstachys Microstachys is a genus of plants in the 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 Euphorbia, the type genus of th ...

Omphalea ''Omphalea'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1759. It is native to Tropics, tropical parts of the Americas, the West Indies, Asia, Australia, and Africa (including Madagascar). ''Omph ...

Pachystylidium ''Pachystylidium'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It contains only one known species, ''Pachystylidium hirsutum'', found in eastern India, Indochina, the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Java Java is one ...

Platygyna ''Platygyna'' is a genus of plant of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bi ...

Plukenetia ''Plukenetia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread in tropical regions of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, ...

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Shirakiopsis ''Shirakiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa.Tragiella ''Tragiella'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1919. It is native to Africa. ;Species # ''Tragiella anomala'' (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia # ''Tragiella frieseana'' (Prain) Pax & ...

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References

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Jepson Manual Treatment

USDA Plants Profile
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