Euphorbia tirucalli

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q883685
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Summary

Euphorbia tirucalli is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,559 views/month, #1,352 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Euphorbia[5], Euphorbia sect. Tirucalli[6]
  • Taxon name: Euphorbia tirucalli[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Euphorbia tirucalli[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Euphorbia tirucalli[10]
  • Commons gallery: Euphorbia tirucalli[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[12], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[13]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(3)[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=400211[15]
  • Short name: E. tirucalli[16]
  • Taxon common name: Indiantree spurge[17], 綠珊瑚[18], rubber-hedge euphorbia[19], kraalmelkbos[20], Bleistiftstrauch[21], 绿玉树[22], 绿珊瑚[23], 青珊瑚[24], 光棍树[25]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[26]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[27]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[28]
  • Taxon range: People's Republic of China[29], Fujian[30], Guangdong[31], Timon[32], Angola[33], Gabon[34]

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Identifiers

Euphorbia tirucalli's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 162855[35]. Euphorbia tirucalli's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 142860[36]. Euphorbia tirucalli's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1143756[37]. Euphorbia tirucalli's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3069353[38]. Euphorbia tirucalli's ITIS TSN is recorded as 502550[39].

Why It Matters

Euphorbia tirucalli has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Phylogenetics, morphological evolution, and classification of Euphorbia subgenus Euphorbia. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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