Euphorbia dentata

TaxID: 216475

Basic Information

Euphorbia dentata

Toothed Euphorbia, Toothed Spurge, toothed spurge

Euphorbia dentata is a species of spurge known by the common names toothed spurge and green poinsettia. It is native to parts of North and South America, and is present elsewhere on the continents. Its true native range is uncertain. It is a noxious weed in some areas. This is a hairy annual herb with an erect or somewhat erect stem reaching anywhere from 20 to 50 centimeters tall. Its hairy, pointed leaves are a few centimeters long, widely to narrowly lance-shaped, and generally toothed. The inflorescence appears at the end of branches and contain cream or yellowish staminate or pistillate flowers just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is a lobed spherical or heart-shaped capsule about half a centimeter wide which contains three bumpy rounded seeds.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Malpighiales

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia

dentata

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Euphorbia dentata
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(c) Mark Mayfield@BY-NC
Euphorbia dentata
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(c) Vitaly Charny@BY-NC
Euphorbia dentata
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(c) Jerry Oldenettel@BY-NC-SA
Euphorbia dentata
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(c) Jerry Oldenettel@BY-NC-SA
Euphorbia dentata
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(c) jim_keesling@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (8 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Belarus Absent 2010
China Quarantine pests 2021
Georgia Absent 2018
Iran Absent 2018
Kazakhstan A1 list 2017
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Uzbekistan A1 list 2008

Distribution (20 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Canada Present —
China Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
Guatemala Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (10 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WREP110-20 - rbcL 573 United States 2017-05-25 29.555433, -97.83835
WREP039-16 - rbcL 564 United States 2014-07-21 29.5704, -97.9557
WREP038-16 - rbcL 546 United States 2008-07-17 29.570848, -97.98317
WREP037-16 - rbcL 530 United States 2001-12-19 29.569555, -97.9851
WREP014-16 - rbcL 542 United States 2016-06-06 29.5722, -97.9825
ITSAM3721-14 - ITS2 220 - - -
ITSAB3520-14 - ITS2 219 Germany - 51.083046, 10.426171
GBVH2245-11 - matK 1509 United States 2006-07-01 38.82081, -96.33162
GBITS37102-21 - ITS 728 China - -
FSEUS223-12 - rbcLa 552 United States 2011-08-27 34.149, -88.818

Literature