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14 unusual facts about Euphorbia


Acanthochronology

Acanthochronology is the interdisciplinary study of cactus spines or Euphorbia thorns grown in time ordered sequence (i.e. in series).

Adami Tullu

Adami Tullu (also spelled Adami Tulu; Oromo, "Euphorbia hill") is a town in central Ethiopia.

Bodo people

The sijwu plant (belonging to the Euphorbia genus), is taken as the symbol of Bathou and worshiped.

Botanischer Garten Jena

Several years later, additional purchases included amaryllis, cacti, succulent Euphorbia, Pelargonium, and Zantedeschia.

Cyathophora

Euphorbia cyathophora, a plant sometimes called Fire on the mountain

E. crispa

Euphorbia crispa, a noticeably succulent plant species in the genus Euphorbia

Jardin exotique du Fort Napoléon

Today the garden contains a collection of local plants and other succulents including Agavaceae, Cactaceae, succulent Euphorbia, and Liliaceae.

Juba II

Euphorbia regisjubae (King Juba's Euphorbia) was named to honor the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice.

Mech tribe

They worship Manasha (the snake goddess) and Bathou, which is represented by a Euphorbia plant or sij plant.

Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium

"Cactarium" greenhouse collections include: cacti and succulents, with caudiciform species exhibiting thickened root crowns, many species of Asclepiads, Aztecia, Gymnocalycium, Alstromeria, Euphorbia, and Ferocactus, plus two fine examples of Welwitschia mirabilis from Namibian deserts.

Plant morphology

The growth form of many cacti and species of Euphorbia is very similar, even though they belong to widely distant families.

Plant reproductive morphology

This situation is reached in the female flowers of duckweeds (Lemna), which comprise a single carpel, and in the male flowers of spurges (Euphorbia) which comprise a single stamen.

Potager du roi

Le Normand experimented with rare varieties of plants, such as Euphorbia, jasmine, Latania palms, and bananas brought back by French explorers.

Tokyo University of Agriculture Botanical Garden

The garden was established in 1967, and now cultivates about 1,500 species of useful plants, including collections of Cactaceae and other succulents (such as Agave, Euphorbia, Kalanchoe, Stapelia, Sansevieria), Iris, Lilium, Paeonia, Rosa, Syringa, as well as flora of Asia and the Far East, Kazakhstan, Europe, the Americas, and medicinal plants and conifers such as Podocarpus.


Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak

In Yemen it has been recorded in spurge (Euphorbia) scrub and woodland of acacias (Acacia) and junipers (Juniperus), while in the wooded Mahrah it is primarily found in Anogeissus/Commiphora woodland.

Ascotis selenaria

, Clover (Melilotus sp.), Cypress Spurge ( Euphorbia sp.), Acacia ( Mimosa longifolia), Mimosa dealbata, Salvia sp.

Botanischer Garten der Universität Duisburg-Essen

The garden contains about 170 species of carnivorous plants, one of the largest such collections in Germany, as well as good collections of Euphorbia (300 species), Mediterranean plants (250 species), Haworthia and Aloe (65 species), as well as Aeonium, Conophyllum (40 species), Rhipsalis, and rare plants from Socotra.

Clepsis rurinana

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including of Urtica, Chelidonium, Convolvulus, Euphorbia, Rumex, Aconitum, Lilium, Anthriscus, Aster, Rosa, Lonicera xylosteum, Acer and Quercus.

Duponchelia fovealis

Hosts include a wide range of mostly herbaceous ornamental plants and field crops, such as Anemone, Anthurium, Begonia, Cyclamen, Euphorbia, Gerbera, Kalanchoe, Limonium, Rosa, certain aquatic plants, corn, cucumbers, peppers, pomegranate, tomatoes, and certain herbs.

Euphorbia hirta

In the test tube, Euphorbia hirta has been shown to kill various types of pathogenic bacteria, Helicobacter pylori (albeit weakly), and Plasmodium (potently).

Euphorbia prostrata

Euphorbia prostrata extract tablets have been marketed in India by Panacea Biotec Ltd.

Lake Manyara

The name Manyara comes from the Maasai word emanyara, which is a euphorbia species of plant that is grown into a hedge around a family homestead (Euphorbia tirucalli).

Lumbricalis

Euphorbia lumbricalis, L.C. Leach, 1986, a plant species in the genus Euphorbia

Ophisops leschenaultii

Jerdon (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xxii. p. 476) says that he has recognized the species: it is somewhat locally distributed. I have seen it in the Salem and Coimbatoor districts only, especially near the banks of the Cauvery. It frequents bushy ground, hedges of Euphorbia and clumps of Cactus.

POINT Music

POINT Music was a record label that was started in 1992 as a joint venture between Philips Classics and Michael Riesman and Philip Glass’s Euphorbia Productions.

Tenthredo zonula

They can be encountered from June through August feeding on flowers (especially on Euphorbia and Apiaceae species).