Euphorbia serpens

Euphorbia serpens

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Euphorbia serpens Kunth in Humboldt & al., Gen. Sp. 2: 52. 1817
  • Anisophyllum serpens (Kunth) Klotzsch & Garcke in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 23. 1860
  • Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 709. 1903
  • =Euphorbia begoniifolia Lehm., Index Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 1823: 8. 1824
  • =Euphorbia herniarioides Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 5: 171. 1835
  • =Euphorbia flexicaulis Scheele in Linnaea 22: 153. 1849
  • Euphorbia serpens var. flexicaulis (Scheele) J. M. Coult. in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 2: 388. 1894
  • Euphorbia serpens f. flexicaulis (Scheele) Thell. in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 442. 1917
  • =Anisophyllum emarginatum Klotzsch & Garcke in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 24. 1860
  • Euphorbia emarginata (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 32. 1862, nom. illeg.
  • Chamaesyce emarginata (Klotzsch & Garcke) Croizat in J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 185. 1943
  • =Euphorbia radicans Moric. ex Klotzsch & Garcke in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 24. 1860, nom. illeg.
  • =Euphorbia serpens var. imbricata Boiss. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30. 1862
  • =Euphorbia serpens var. radicans Boiss. in Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 30. 1862
  • =Euphorbia serpens var. microphylla Müll. Arg. in J. Bot. 12: 231. 1874
  • =Euphorbia pileoides Millsp. in Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 62. 1900
  • Chamaesyce pileoides (Millsp.) Millsp. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 411. 1916
  • =Euphorbia serpens var. fissistipula Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 7: 755. 1907
  • =Euphorbia minutiflora N. E. Br. in Oliver & al., Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 1036. 1913
  • =Chamaesyce radicans Millsp. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 411. 1916
  • =Euphorbia microclada Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 215. 1924
  • Chamaesyce microclada (Urb.) Alain in Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952
  • =Euphorbia inflexa Urb. & Ekman in Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 64. 1929
  • =Euphorbia biramensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 232. 1930
  • Chamaesyce biramensis (Urb.) Alain in Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952
  • =Euphorbia mangletii Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 233. 1930
  • Chamaesyce mangletii (Urb.) Alain in Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 11: 12. 1952
  • =Chamaesyce serpens var. montevidensis Croizat in J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 189. 1943
  • =Euphorbia orbiculata var. jawaharii Rajagopal & Panigrahi in Taxon 17: 547. 1968
  • =Euphorbia serpens f. psilocyathia Thell. in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 442. 1917

Distribution

AE(G) [Az Be(L) Ca Cr Gr] 

Euro+Med: Azores introducedA; Belgium, with Luxembourg (Luxembourg introducedB); Canary islands introducedA; Crete, with Karpathos introducedA; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands nativeA); Greece introducedA

Common Names

Catalan; Valencian (Spain): lleterola repentC

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. Krippel, Y. & Helminger, T. 2022: Notes floristiques. Observations faites au Luxembourg (2020-2021). – Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois 124: 191-222
C. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/ (as Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small)