Genus Euphorbia
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Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Scientific name:
Euphorbia Chamaesyce Boiss.
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NE
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Observations of Taxon
Euphorbia burmannii
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
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Euphorbia genistoides
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
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Date observed unknown
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Euphorbia caput-medusae
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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Euphorbia tuberosa
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Euphorbia mauritanica
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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