Overview
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Description
Family Euphorbiaceae
The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Ecology: Deciduous forest .[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Euphorbiales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Euphorbiaceae
()
- J.f. Gmelin, 1777, Nom. Cons.
- Spurge Family
- Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
()
- Tribe:
Jatropheae
()
- Genus:
Jatropha
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
chamelensis
- Pérez-Jim.
- Botanical name: - Jatropha chamelensis Pérez-Jim.
- Specific epithet:
chamelensis
- Pérez-Jim.
- Genus:
Jatropha
(
- Tribe:
Jatropheae
(
- Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
(
- Family:
Euphorbiaceae
(
- Order:
Euphorbiales
(
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Jatropha
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 294 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
J. acanthophylla · J. aceroides · J. aconitifolia · J. aconitifolius · J. aethiopica · J. afrotuberosa · J. alamani · J. alamanii · J. andrieuxii · J. angustidens · J. angustifolia · J. arborea · J. aspleniifolia · J. atacorensis · J. augusti · J. augustii · J. australis · J. bartlettii · J. baumii · J. berteri · J. bornmuelleri · J. bornmuelleri var. penicillata · J. botswanica · J. breviloba · J. briviloba · J. brockmanii · J. bullockii · J. campestris · J. capensis · J. cardiophylla (Sangre De Cristo) · J. carthagenensis · J. cathartica (Berlandier´s Nettlespurge) · J. catingae · J. cercidiphylla · J. chacoana · J. chamelensis · J. chevalieri · J. ciliata · J. cinera · J. cinerea (Arizona Nettle-Spurge) · J. clavuligera · J. collina · J. confusa · J. contrerasii · J. conzattii · J. cordata · J. costaricensis (Costa Rican Jatropha) · J. crinita · J. crotolariaeformis · J. cuneata (Limberbush) · J. curcas (Brazilian Stinging Nut) · J. curcus · J. cureas · J. dalechampiaeformis · J. decipiens · J. decumbens · J. dehganii · J. dessecta · J. deutziiflora · J. dhofarica · J. dichtar · J. dioica (Rubber Plant) · J. dioica var. dioica (Leatherstem) · J. dioica var. graminea · J. disecta · J. dissecta · J. divaricata · J. eglandulosa · J. elbae · J. ellenbeckii · J. elliptica · J. erythropoda · J. euarguta · J. excisa · J. fischeri · J. flavovirens · J. fremontioides · J. gallabatenis · J. gallabatensis · J. galvanii · J. gaumeri · J. giffordiana · J. glandulifera · J. glauca · J. globosa (Cape Poison Bush) · J. gossipifolia · J. gossypifolia (Bellyache Bush) · J. gossypifolia var. elegans · J. gossypifolia var. heterophylla · J. gossypifolia var. intermedia · J. gossypifolia var. palmata · J. gossypiifolia (Cotton-Leaf Physic-Nut Bush) · J. gossypiifolia var. elegans (Cotton-Leaf Physicnut) · J. gossypiifolia var. gossypiifolia (Bellyache Bush) · J. grossidentata · J. guaranitica · J. hastifolia · J. hernandiaefolia · J. hernandiifolia (Wild Oilnut) · J. hernandiifolia var. hernandiifolia
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Further Reading
- Cházaro Basáñez, M., Guerrero-Nuño, J. and Arcelia López-Coronado, G. 1993. Conserideraciones preliminares sobre las plantas endémicas, raras, vulnerables o en peligro de extinción de Jalisco, México. Tiempos de Ciencia 30:11-19.
- Cházaro Basáñez, M., Guerrero-Nuño, J. and Arcelia López-Coronado, G. 1993. Conserideraciones preliminares sobre las plantas endémicas, raras, vulnerables o en peligro de extinción de Jalisco, México. Tiempos de Ciencia 30:11-19.
- Pérez-Jiménez, A. 1982. Jatropha chamelensis (Euphorbiaceae), nueva especie de costa de Jalisco, México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanic de México 42:35-39.
- Pérez-Jiménez, A. 1982. Jatropha chamelensis (Euphorbiaceae), nueva especie de costa de Jalisco, México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanic de México 42:35-39.
- Webster, G. 1987. Annotations to: List of threatened plants of Latin America.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 22, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM, Tipos de plantas vasculares
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7142931
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-104528
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14255980
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900139-1
- IUCN ID: 32635
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1020953
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
