Euphorbiaceae
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Description
6740 spp.
Growing form
Trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers, succulents
Leaf
Leaves usually alternate and simple; margin entire or serrate; stipule often present; usually glands on petiole or lamina base; petioles often of clearly different lengths.
Flower
Flowers bisexual or unisexual; may be dioecious. Flower morphology variable, but radially symmetric; numerous stamens, sometimes in fascicles. Usually 5 sepals, 0 or 5 petals; 1-many stamens. Flowers usually unisexual, plants monoecious or dioecious. Ovary superior.
Fruit and seed
Fruit a drupe or usually a 3- lobed schizocarp.
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Euphorbiaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
- tyräkkikasvit (Finnish)
- törelväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38702
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Number of Finnish species at lower taxonomic levels
Subordinate taxa