Euphorbiaceae

Tragia Plum. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 980 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is America, Tropical & S. Africa to Indian Subcontinent, Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 9: 32 (1919).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 964

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 421 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 980 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 3(1): 329 (1880)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 421 (1754)
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 927 (1866)
  • Pax in E.P. IV. 147 (9): 32 (1919)
  • Prain in F.T.A. 6(1): 964 (1913)
  • Sp. Pl.: 980 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3286] Cameroon K000026611 No
May 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7520] Cameroon K000026610 No
Jan 1, 1999 Fiebrig, K. [4754] Paraguay K001096087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Schimper [517] Ethiopia K000425693 Isosyntype Yes
Dec 8, 1983 Thomas, D.B. [757] Kenya K000237730 Holotype Yes
Dec 6, 1983 Raymond, W.D. [42] Tanzania K000453293 Holotype No
Dec 5, 1983 Hammond, M.M. [264] Tanzania K000453292 Holotype No
Dec 2, 1983 Peterson, D. [240] Tanzania K000453291 No
Feb 4, 1982 Stolz, A. [1775] Tanzania K000425679 Type Yes
Feb 4, 1982 Stolz, A. [1775] Tanzania K000425680 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 4, 1982 Stolz, A. [1775] Tanzania K000425681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 9, 1981 Bally, P.R.O. [B8378] Kenya K000237728 Holotype Yes
Oct 1, 1932 Gossweiler, J. [9950] Angola K001307805 No
Schweinfurth, G. [360] Yemen K000425689 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hatschbach, G. [23182] Brazil K001205085 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [2510-8] Equatorial Guinea K001532713 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [607] Cameroon K001401675 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [607] Cameroon K001401677 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Lughandha, E.N.; Souza, V.C.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Ganev, W. [50466/A] Brazil K001205089 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [11504] Brazil K001205065 Yes
Onjalalaina, G.E.; Rakotonasolo, F.; Rakotoarinivo, M.; Rajaovelona, L.R.; Rabarijaona, N.R.; Andrianirina, H.C.A.H. [OLG 74] Madagascar K000953240 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [626] Yemen K000425690 Unknown Type Material Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [1670] Brazil K001205093 Yes
Wright, C. [1795] United States K000959108 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.v [s.n.] Australia K000959109 Unknown Type Material Yes
R-Smith; Pope; Goyder [5752] Zambia K000425712 Type Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000425711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arbo, M.M. [5806] Brazil K001205090 Yes
Hildebrandt [891a] Somalia K000425696 Type Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2041] Kenya K000425687 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [4121-2] Equatorial Guinea K001532722 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [4261-3] Equatorial Guinea K001532691 Yes
Maisels, F. [214] Cameroon K000875928 Yes
Tweedie [1994] Brazil K001205095 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [366] Yemen K000425691 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Mathenge, S.G.; Kabuye, C.H.S.; Mungai, G.M.; Robertson, A. [TPR402] Kenya K000237729 No
Wingfield, R.C. [3742A] Tanzania K000453290 Type No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2218] Botswana K001569701 Yes
Ralimanana, H.; Andrianaivoravelona, B.; Rakotovao, F.; Jocelyn; Rakotonasolo, F.; Regis [RLI 1290] Madagascar K000312469 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1243] Tanzania K:SPC-26593.000 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205070 Yes
Rambo, B. [46052] Brazil K001205079 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001205066 Yes
Múlgura, M.E.; Fortunato, R.; Ponce, M. [469] Argentina K000600737 Paratype Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [1528] Brazil K001205087 Yes
Harley, R.M. [51436] Brazil K001205088 Yes
Hage, J.L.; Santos, T.S.; Barreto, L.A.S. [1710] Brazil K001205086 Yes
King [278] Uruguay K001205071 Yes
Tyson [1233] South Africa K000425724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [4662] Paraguay K000600772 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fiebrig, K. [4088] Paraguay K001096089 Type Yes
Castellanos, A. [26048] Brazil K001205078 Yes
Gaumer, G.R.; et al. [1052] Mexico K000600746 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000425710 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205069 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205073 Yes
Guedes, M.L.S. [7317] Brazil K001205091 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1981] Kenya K000425688 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205081 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000425709 Type Yes
Ule, E. [5013] Brazil K001205092 Yes
Hassler, E. [2646] Paraguay K001096088 Type Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001205075 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [10351] Mexico K000476968 No
Mueller, F.J.H.v [s.n.] Australia K000959110 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205067 Yes
Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K001205080 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001205068 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [1578] Brazil K001205094 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205074 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001205072 Yes

Sources

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    • Flora Zambesiaca
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    • Flora of Somalia
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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