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Euphorbia caput-medusae L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Euphorbia (family Euphorbiaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 78847) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 452 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345941-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Euphorbia caput-medusae var. geminata Aiton	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia caput-medusae var. major Aiton	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia commelinii DC.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia fructuspini Mill.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia geminata (Aiton) Marloth ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia medusae Panz.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia parvimamma Boiss.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia tessellata (Haw.) Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Medusea fructus-pini Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Medusea major Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Medusea tessellata Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-78847, and has not been changed.