Euphorbia davidii

Euphorbia davidii, known as David's spurge or toothed spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.[2][3]

Euphorbia davidii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Subgenus: Euphorbia subg. Poinsettia
Species:
E. davidii
Binomial name
Euphorbia davidii
Subils[1]

Distribution and habitat

Euphorbia davidii is native to parts of southwest and central North America.[3] It is apparently not native to eastern and northern North America, South America, Australia, Russia, and other areas where it occurs worldwide. Euphorbia davidii is found in a variety of habitats, from forests, riparian areas, and prairies, to gravel roadsides and railroads.[3][4]

As a pest

In March 2021[5] the EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization) added E. davidii to its Alert List due to concerns it may move beyond its current habitats - railway lines - and into agricultural lands; and because it recently appeared in Central Russia.[6]

References
  1. "Euphorbia davidii Subils". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Euphorbia davidii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2016). "Euphorbia davidii". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 12. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-09-24 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Euphorbia davidii". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  5. "EPPO/OEPP - Addition of Euphorbia davidii to the EPPO Alert List". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  6. "Euphorbia davidii". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). Retrieved 2021-03-04.


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