Spurges

Euphorbia

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Euphorbia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Consisting of 2008 species,Euphorbia is the fourth largest genus of flowering plants; it also has one of the largest ranges of chromosome counts, along with Rumex and Senecio. Members of the family and genus are commonly referred to as spurges. Euphorbia antiquorum is the type species for the genus Euphorbia; it was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. The family is...

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  1. (c) Katie Dalton, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/35585734@N07/4521411718
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia

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