Euphorbia characias

Euphorbia characias

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Euphorbia characias L., Sp. Pl.: 463. 1753
  • Tithymalus characias (L.) Hill, Hort. Kew.: 172/4. 1768
  • Esula characias (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 153. 1812

Distribution

AE(G) Al Bl Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Li Lu Ma Sa Si Tu(A E) 

Euro+Med: Albania nativenativeA,B; Baleares nativenativeB; Corsica nativenativeB; Crete, with Karpathos nativenativeB; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands nativenativeB); Former Yugoslavia nativenativeB; France, with Channel is. and Monaco nativenativeB; Greece nativenativeB; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City nativenativeB; Libya nativenativeB; Morocco nativenativeB; Portugal nativenativeB; Sardinia nativenativeB; Sicily, with Malta nativenativeB; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra nativenativeB; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativenativeB, Turkey-in-Europe nativenativeB)

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): hierba toperaC, ierba toperaC, letreraC, letrera bordaC, llullos cagadors (fruto)C, llullos cagados (fruto)C, lulos (fruto)C, palmeretasC, piñoncilloC, piñonzilloC; Basque (Spain): esnáuliC, esnáulizC, esnáuriC, isnáuliC, sináuriC, tartikuaC; Catalan; Valencian (Mallorca): bofegueraC; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): bambolleraC, eufòrbiaC, herba de viscC, llerqueresC, llerquesC, llet de Santa TeresaC, llet de tresesC, lletera de viscC, lletera veraC, lletera visqueraC, lleteresa vesqueraC, lleteresa/lleteresesC, lleterolaC, lletetresaC, lletetresa/lletetresesC, lletetresesC, lletregueraC, lletreraC, lletrera veraC, lletrera visqueraC, lletresesC, metzinesC; Galician (Spain): herba rateiraC, troviscaC, trovisco-machoC; High Aragonese (Spain): crocaC, hierba toperaC, letrera bordaC, llullos cagadosC, palmeretasC, piñoncilloC; Majorcan (Baleares): herba del frareC, herba del frare vellosaC; Majorcan (Mallorca): bofegueraC, herba de frare vellosaC, llatreraC, llatrera de vischC, lletreraC, lletrera de viscC, lletrera visqueraC, visqueraC; Portuguese (Portugal): herva das mailetasC, maileira maiorC, maleiteiraC, maleiteira maiorC, maleiteira-maiorC, tithymaloC, tithymalo maiorC, titímalo-maiorC, troviscoC, trovisco machoC, trovisco-machoC; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): caraciasC, euforbiaC, euforbia encarnadaC, euforbia machoC, hierba toperaC, lecheinternaC, lecheraC, lecherinaC, lecheternaC, lechetreznaC, lechetrezna bastaC, lechetrezna borde legítimaC, lechetrezna encarnadaC, lechetrezna machoC, lechetrezna mayorC, llullosC, lulosC, palmeretasC, piñoncilloC, píldoras zorrerasC, tartago mayorC, titimalo-caraciasC, trovisco machoC, tártagoC, tártago de ValenciaC, tártago mayorC; Valencian (Spain): bambolleraC, lleteraC, lletera veraC, lleteresa veraC, lletregueraC, lletreraC, lletrera bordaC, lletrera de monteC, lletreresC

Bibliography

A. Barina, Z. 2017: Distribution atlas of vascular plants in Albania. – Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum
B. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
C. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/