Euphorbia heterophylla

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3060418
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Summary

Euphorbia heterophylla is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Euphorbia[5], Euphorbia subsect. Stormieae[6]
  • Taxon name: Euphorbia heterophylla[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Euphorbia heterophylla[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Euphorbia heterophylla[10]
  • Commons gallery: Euphorbia heterophylla[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d51a552b-0d2c-4788-a5c9-824b552abbf1[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(3)[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16374[14]
  • Short name: E. heterophylla[15]
  • Taxon common name: Mexican fireplant[16], 白苞猩猩草[17], 柳叶大戟[18], 台湾大戟[19], 一品红[20], 叶象花[21]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[23]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[24]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[25], People's Republic of China[26], Amazonia[27], Tocantins[28], São Paulo[29]

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Identifiers

Euphorbia heterophylla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 162829[30]. Euphorbia heterophylla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 212910[31]. Euphorbia heterophylla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1144715[32]. Euphorbia heterophylla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3064495[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 28079[34] and 1030296[35].

Why It Matters

Euphorbia heterophylla has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Molecular phylogenetics and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(3). wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(3). wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [26] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  31. [27] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  33. [29] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 28079, 1030296
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon range → Brazil, People's Republic of China, Amazonia +31
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'az', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'ja', 'ml', 'sg',
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