EUPHORBIACEA E
Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants 2008 magnoliids monocots eurosids I rosids core eudicots eudicots
Chamaesyce - local euphorb
EUPHORBIACEAE, Malpighiales Cymothoë likes Malpighiales, its allies are all Rosid specialists and mostly eurosids I specialists.
Achariaceae CARYOCARACEAE – prominent trees in the tropics Ctenolophonaceae EUPHORBIACEAE – GENTRY FAMILY Goupiaceae Humiriaceae Irvingiaceae Ixonanthaceae Lacistemataceae LINACEAE – flax family Lophopixidaceae Pandaceae PHYLLANTHACEAE – formerly part of Euphorbiaceae Picrodendraceae Putranjivaceae RAFFLESIACEAE- parasites including largest flower SALICACEAE – GENTRY FAMILY VIOLACEAE-violets and tropical treelets
Key Characters for the Euphorbiaceae Alternate simple leaves Petioles long and variable in length Latex Imperfect Flowers, monoecious plants Three-lobed schizocarps
EUPHORBIACEAE - understory and canopy trees
Croton - a classic euphorb: -strong basal veins -milky latex -glands at blade base -imperfect flowers, reduced perianth -three-carpellate schizocarp
Rothschildia is a Croton specialist.
Acalypha - Acalypha diversifolia
Hevea - the rubber tree
Jatropha - physicnut
Jatropha - fruits
Ricinus - the castorbean
The fabled manchineel, Hippomane mancinella A diterpene ester from the manchiineel
Manihot - cassava (tapioca)
Aleurites --- showing long petioles of different lengths
Hura crepitans
Delachampia -
Euphorbia - the spurges