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Euphorbia characias 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 78963) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 463 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346016-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Characias purpurea Gray	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Esula characias (L.) Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia characias subsp. characias	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia characias var. eriocarpa (Bertol.) Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia characias var. lusitanica O.Bolòs	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia characias var. veneta (Willd.) Fiori	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia characias subsp. veneta (Willd.) Litard.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia cretica Mill.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia cuatrecasasii Pau	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia eriocarpa Bertol.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia rubens Chaix	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Euphorbia veneta Willd.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Galarhoeus creticus (Mill.) Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tithymalus characias (L.) Hill	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tithymalus purpureus Lam.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tithymalus serotina Raf.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tithymalus venetus (Willd.) Klotzsch & Garcke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii (Hoppe ex W.D.J.Koch) Radcl.-Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	10

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-78963.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed