Organisms

Euphorbia

A large plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. They have a milky sap and a female flower consisting of a single pistil surrounded by numerous male flowers of one stamen each. Euphorbia hirta is rarely called milkweed but that name is normally used for ASCLEPIAS.

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Abstract

A large plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. They have a milky sap and a female flower consisting of a single pistil surrounded by numerous male flowers of one stamen each. Euphorbia hirta is rarely called milkweed but that name is normally used for ASCLEPIAS.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Euphorbias
  • Chamaesyce hirta
  • Euphorbia hirta
  • Spurge
  • Spurges

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Aspects Covered

20 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term SPURGE: restrict to EUPHORBIA; SPURGE, JAPANESE see PACHYSANDRA is also available

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History Note

2002; for SPURGE use EUPHORBIACEAE 1998-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Euphorbiaceae (1998-2001)

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  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.250w.859.797w.438w.333w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Euphorbia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D028481. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D028481
  2. Euphorbia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia
  3. Euphorbia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146567