Code
EPHHY
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Anisophyllum hypericifolium (L.) Haw. |
| synonym | Chamaesyce boliviana (Rusby) Croizat |
| synonym | Chamaesyce glomerifera Millsp. |
| synonym | Chamaesyce hypericifolia (L.) Millsp. |
| synonym | Ditrita obliqua Raf. |
| synonym | Euphorbia boliviana Rusby |
| synonym | Euphorbia cuspidata Bertol. |
| synonym | Euphorbia fieldii subsp. irj |
| synonym | Euphorbia glomerifera (Millsp.) L.C.Wheeler |
| synonym | Euphorbia hypericifolia subsp. maculata Klotzsch |
| synonym | Euphorbia papilligera Boiss. |
🗒 Common Names
| Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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| Spanish; Castilian |
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📚 Overview
Description
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Global description
Euphorbia hypericifolia is an erect, upwardly branched annual herbaceous plant, 20 to 40 cm high, with abundant white latex. The leaves are simple, opposite, sometimes purple to reddish, subsessile with an oblong to oblong lanceolate blade, obliquely truncate at the base, obtuse at the apex, margin slightly toothed. The petiole is very short, surrounded by sheathing stipules of 1.3 to 1.5 mm. The flowers are very small, grouped in small cups. The flowers are numerous and grouped in compact, axillary and terminal globose groups, not leafy. The fruit is a capsule, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter, 3-celled, glabrous, with obtuse carinae hanging outside the flowers. The seed is 4-cornered and has many transverse wrinkles. Its colour varies from reddish brown to light brown.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Look Alikes
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Euphorbia hypericifolia can easily be confused with E. hyssopifolia
| Stipules | Inflorescence | Fruit | Species |
| 0,7-0,9 mm | diffuse, leafy, cyath solitary or few | 2-2,5 mm | E. hyssopifolia |
| 1,3-1,5 mm | compact, not leafy, cyath numerous | 1-1,5 mm | E. hypericifolia |
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Ecology
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West Indies: Euphorbia hypericifolia grows easily in urban environments, it is also widely present in cultivated areas. It has a preference for sandy and degraded soils, but is easily established on clay soils.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
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Origin
Euphorbia hypericifolia is native from the southern USA to southern South America.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced in Spain, West, Central and East Africa, the Indian Ocean islands (Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Mayotte), India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia, New Caledonia and many Pacific islands.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
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Local harmfulness
West Indies: Euphorba hypericifolia is a relatively frequent species in all crops (sugarcane, banana, fruit and vegetable crops) but remains little harmful. It is very frequent and sometimes locally abundant at the beginning of the cycle of fruit and vegetable crops but is easily controlled by ploughing and weeding. Often associated with Euphorbia hirta and Euphorbia heterophylla, it sometimes forms dense stands with the latter in plots where chemical weeding is frequent.
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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References
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101671-2
- Grossard, F., Le Bourgeois, T., Dumbardon-Martial, E. & Gervais, L. 2013. Adventilles - Guadeloupe & Martinique - Les adventices des Antilles françaises. Abymes, Guadeloupe, France, Les éditions du CTCS Guadeloupe. 195 p.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
Information Listing > References
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101671-2
- Grossard, F., Le Bourgeois, T., Dumbardon-Martial, E. & Gervais, L. 2013. Adventilles - Guadeloupe & Martinique - Les adventices des Antilles françaises. Abymes, Guadeloupe, France, Les éditions du CTCS Guadeloupe. 195 p.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
Images
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Euphorbia%2520hypericifolia
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Malpighiales |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus | Euphorbia |
| Species | Euphorbia hypericifolia L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
