Talk:Euphorbia

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Should this be Spurge or Euphorbia? I really think this article should be moved (back?) to Euphorbia. It is about the genus Euphorbia. Not all Euphorbias are called a spurge (such as crown of thorns) and that can leave some confused. --Dara 18:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

"Spurge" is right. For example, the Jepson manual lists "spurge" as the common name of the whole genus. It's not unusual to have a common name that is not a modification of the common name of the genus, so that's not a strong argument. Stan 19:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

On the list of all accepted species there is missing the species E. obtusifolia Poiret. It is mentioned in the book Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands by D. Bramwell & Zoe I. Bramwell (1974). There are quite a lot of pages found by Google referring to it. On one of them there are mentioned some mismatches with E. regisjubae. Some expert should check this, if necessary. I really like the full species list. JL, 14:00, 12.8.2006 (UTC)

Euphorbia obtusifolia Poiret 1812 (nom. illeg. art. 53.1) is synonym to Euphorbia lamarckii Sweet 1818. This species however is restricted to SW Morocco. The "Euphorbia obtusifolia" of the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gomera, La Palma) is actually Euphorbia broussonettii Willdenow 1828. These species and their relatives caused some confusion in the past! References:
- Bramwell, D. & Bramwell, Z. 1990, Flores silvestres de las Islas Canarias, Madrid, Spain, Editorial Rueda;
- Carter S. in Eggli, Urs (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon Band 2: Zweikeimblättrige Pflanzen (Dicotyledonen) Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Germany 2002.
Ies 06:47, 7 October 2006 (UTC)