Species Euphorbia heterophylla
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Etymology of Euphorbia:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Etymology of heterophylla:
From the Greek heteros = ‘the other of the two’; and the Greek phyllon = ‘leaf’.
Scientific name:
Euphorbia heterophylla L.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 453 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Observations of Taxon
Euphorbia heterophylla
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Euphorbia heterophylla
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
