Euphorbia is a highly diverse plant genus, comprising some 5,000 currently accepted taxa.
This is an alphabetical list of the Euphorbia species and notable intraspecific taxa.
The list includes the former (and never generally accepted) genus Chamaesyce, as well as the related genera Elaeophorbia, Endadenium, Monadenium, Synadenium and Pedilanthus which according to recent DNA sequence-based phylogenetic studies are all nested within Euphorbia
Noticeably succulent plants are marked by (s).
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- Euphorbia hadramautica <small>Baker</small> (s)
- Euphorbia haeleeleana â Kauaûi spurge (s)
- Euphorbia haematantha <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hainanensis <small>Croizat</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hajhirensis <small>Radcl.-Sm.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hakutosanensis <small>Hurus.</small>
- Euphorbia halemanui <small>Sherff</small>
- Euphorbia halipedicola <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hallii <small>R.A.Dyer</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hamaderoensis <small>A.G.Mill</small>
- Euphorbia hamata <small>(Haw.) Sweet</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hamiltonii <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia handeniensis <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia handiensis <small>Burchard</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hararensis <small>Pax</small>
- Euphorbia harmandii <small>Gagnep.</small>
- Euphorbia hartwegiana <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hassleriana <small>Chodat</small>
- Euphorbia hausknechtii <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hebecarpa <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hedigeriana <small>(Malaisse & Lecron) Bruyns</small> (= Monadenium hedigerianum) (s)
- Euphorbia hedyotoides (s)
- Euphorbia heishuiensis <small>W.T.Wang</small>
- Euphorbia helenae <small>Urb.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia helenae subsp. grandifolia <small>Borhidi & O.Muñiz</small>
- Euphorbia helenae subsp. helenae
- Euphorbia heleniana <small>Thell. & Stapf</small>
- Euphorbia helioscopia â Sun spurge
- Euphorbia helleri <small>Millsp.</small> â Heller's spurge
- Euphorbia helwigii <small>Urb. & Ekman</small>
- Euphorbia henricksonii <small>M.C.Johnst.</small>
- Euphorbia henryi <small>Hemsl.</small>
- Euphorbia hepatica <small>Urb. & Ekman</small>
- Euphorbia heptagona <small>L.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia heptagona var. dentata <small>(A.Berger) N.E.Br.</small>
- Euphorbia heptagona var. heptagona
- Euphorbia heptagona var. ramosa <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia heptagona var. subsessilis <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia heptagona var. viridis <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia heptapotamica <small>V.P.Goloskokov</small>
- Euphorbia herman-schwartzii (s)
- Euphorbia heraldiana <small>(Millsp.) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia herbacea <small>(Pax) Bruyns</small> (= Monadenium herbaceum) (s)
- Euphorbia herbstii <small>(W.L.Wagner) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia herniariifolia <small>Willd.</small>
- Euphorbia herrei <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia herteri <small>Arechav.</small>
- Euphorbia heteradena <small>Jaub. & Spach</small>
- Euphorbia heterochroma <small>Pax</small> (s)
- Euphorbia heterochroma subsp. heterochroma
- Euphorbia heterochroma subsp. tsavoensis <small>S.Carter</small>
- Euphorbia heterodoxa <small>Müll.Arg.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia heterophylla â Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia, (Mexican) Fireplant, Paint Leaf, Kaliko
- Euphorbia heteropoda <small>Pax </small> (= Monadenium heteropodum) (s)
- Euphorbia heteropoda var. formosa <small>(P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns</small> (= Monadenium heteropodum var. formosum, Monadenium schubei var. formosum)
- Euphorbia heteropoda var. heteropoda (= Monadenium heteropodum var. heteropodum)
- Euphorbia heterospina <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia heterospina subsp. baringoensis <small>S.Carter</small>
- Euphorbia heterospina subsp. heterospina
- Euphorbia hexadenia
- Euphorbia hexagona <small>Nutt. ex Spreng.</small> â Six-angled spurge
- Euphorbia hexagonoides <small>S.Watson</small>
- Euphorbia heyligersiana <small>P.I.Forst.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia heyneana <small>Spreng.</small>
- Euphorbia hiernii <small>(Croizat) Oudejans</small> (= Elaeophorbia hiernii) (s)
- Euphorbia hieroglyphica <small>Coss. & Durieu ex Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hieronymi <small>Subils</small>
- Euphorbia hierosolymitana <small>Boiss.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hierosolymitana var. hierosolymitana
- Euphorbia hierosolymitana var. ramanensis <small>(B.Baum) Zohary</small>
- Euphorbia hildebrandtii
- Euphorbia hillebrandii <small>H.Lév.</small>
- Euphorbia himalayensis <small> (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hinkleyorum <small>I.M.Johnst.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hintonii <small>L.C.Wheeler</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hippocrepica <small>Hemsl.</small>
- Euphorbia hirsuta <small>L.</small>
- Euphorbia hirsuta var. hirsuta
- Euphorbia hirsuta var. leucotricha <small>(Boiss.) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hirta <small>L.</small> (= Chamaesyce hirta)
- Euphorbia hirta var. hirta
- Euphorbia hirtella <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hispida <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia hockii <small>De Wild.</small>
- Euphorbia hoffmanniana <small> (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hondurana <small>Standl. & L.O.Williams</small>
- Euphorbia hofstaetteri (s)
- Euphorbia holmesiae <small>Lavranos</small> (s)
- Euphorbia holochlorina <small>Rizzini</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hooveri <small>L.C.Wheeler</small>
- Euphorbia hopetownensis <small>Nel</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hormorrhiza <small>Radcl.-Sm.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia horombensis (s)
- Euphorbia horrida <small>Boiss.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia horrida var. horrida
- Euphorbia horrida var. major <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia horrida var. noorsvedensis <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia horrida var. striata <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small>
- Euphorbia horwoodii <small>S.Carter & Lavranos</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hottentotoa <small>Marloth</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hsinchuensis <small>(S.C.Lin & Chaw) C.Y.Wu & J.S.Ma</small>
- Euphorbia huanchahana <small>(Klotzsch & Garcke ex Klotzsch) Boiss.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia huanchahana subsp. huanchahana
- Euphorbia huanchahana subsp. penazuelensis <small>Croizat</small>
- Euphorbia hubertii <small>Pax</small> (s)
- Euphorbia humayensis <small>Brandegee</small>
- Euphorbia humbertii
- Euphorbia humifusa <small>Willd.</small>
- Euphorbia humilis <small>C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.</small>
- Euphorbia humistrata <small>Engelm. ex A.Gray</small>
- Euphorbia hunzikeri <small>Subils</small>
- Euphorbia hurusawae <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hurusawae <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hurusawae var. hurusawae <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hurusawae var. imaii <small>(Hurus.) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hyberna <small>L.</small> â Irish spurge
- Euphorbia hyberna subsp. canuti <small>(Parl.) Tutin</small>
- Euphorbia hyberna subsp. gibelliana <small>(Peola) M.Raffaelli</small>
- Euphorbia hyberna subsp. hyberna
- Euphorbia hyberna subsp. insularis <small>(Boiss.) J.I.Briquet</small>
- Euphorbia hylonoma <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small>
- Euphorbia hypericifolia <small>L.</small>
- Euphorbia hypogaea <small>Marloth</small> (s)
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia <small>L.</small> (= Chamaesyce hyssopifolia)
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. blanchetii <small>(Miq. ex Boiss.) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. paraguayensis <small>(Chodat) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. pruinosa <small>(Chodat) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. pubescenticocca <small>Christenh.</small>
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. pulchella <small>(Kunth) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. uniflora <small>(Chodat & Hassl.) Oudejans</small>
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- Euphorbia macella <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia macgillivrayi <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia machrisiae <small>Steyerm.</small>
- Euphorbia macinensis <small>Prodan</small>
- Euphorbia macra <small>Hiern</small>
- Euphorbia macraulonia <small>Phil.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia macrocarpa <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia macroceras <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>
- Euphorbia macroclada <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia macroglypha <small>Lem.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia macrophylla <small>Pax</small> (s)
- Euphorbia macropodoides <small>B.L.Rob. & Greenm.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia macropus <small> (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.</small> (s) - Huachuca mountain spurge
- Euphorbia macrorrhiza <small>C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.</small>
- Euphorbia maculata <small>L.</small> (s) - Spotted spurge
- Euphorbia macvaughiana <small>M.C.Johnst.</small>
- Euphorbia macvaughii <small>Carvajal & Lomeli ex Carvajal</small>
- Euphorbia maddenii <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia mafingensis <small>(Hargreaves) Bruyns</small> (s) (= Monadenium mafingense)
- Euphorbia magdalenae <small>Benth.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia magnicapsula <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia magnicapsula var. lacterosa <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia magnicapsula var. magnicapsula (s)
- Euphorbia magnifica <small>(E.A.Bruce) Bruyns</small> (s) (= Monadenium magnificum)
- Euphorbia mahabobokensis <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mahafalensis <small>Denis</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mahafalensis var. mahafalensis (s)
- Euphorbia mahafalensis var. xanthadenia <small>(Denis) Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mainty <small>Denis ex Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia maieri <small>H.Lév.</small>
- Euphorbia makallensis <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia maleolens <small>Phillips</small> (s)
- Euphorbia malevola <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia malleata <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia malurensis <small>Rech.f.</small>
- Euphorbia malvana <small>Maire</small>
- Euphorbia mamfwensis <small>(Malaisse & Lecron) Bruyns</small> (s) (= Monadenium mamfwense)
- Euphorbia mammillaris <small>L.</small> (s) - Corn cob euphorbia
- Euphorbia mananarensis <small>Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mancinella <small>Baillon</small>
- Euphorbia mandrariensis <small>Drake</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mandravioky <small>Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mandshurica <small>Maxim.</small>
- Euphorbia mangleti <small>Urb.</small>
- Euphorbia mangelsdorffii <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mangokyensis <small>Denis</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mangorensis <small>Leandri</small>
- Euphorbia marayensis <small>Subils</small>
- Euphorbia maresii <small>Knoche</small>
- Euphorbia margalidiana <small>;Kuhbier & Lewej. ex Kuhbier</small> (s)
- Euphorbia margaretae <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia marginata <small>Pursh</small> - Snow-on-the-mountain, variegated spurge, white-margined spurge
- Euphorbia marianoi <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia marie-cladieae <small>Rzepecky</small>
- Euphorbia marilandica <small>Greene</small>
- Euphorbia maritae <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia marlothiana <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia marrupana <small>Bruyns</small> (s)
- Euphorbia marsabitensis <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia marshalliana <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia marshalliana subsp. marshalliana
- Euphorbia marshalliana subsp. armenae <small>(Prokh.) Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia martinae <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia masirahensis <small>S.A.Ghazanfar</small> (s)
- Euphorbia matabelensis <small>Pax</small> (s)
- Euphorbia matritensis <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia mauritanica <small>L.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. corallothamnus <small>Dinter ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. foetens <small>Dinter ex A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. lignosa <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. mauritanica (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. minor <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mauritanica var. namaquensis <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia maysillesii <small>McVaugh</small>
- Euphorbia mayurnathanii <small>Croizat</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mazarronensis <small>Esteve Chueca</small>
- Euphorbia mazatlamensis <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia mazicum <small>Emb. & Maire</small>
- Euphorbia medicaginea <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia meenae <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia megalatlantica <small>J.Ball</small>
- Euphorbia megalocarpa <small>Rech.f.</small>
- Euphorbia melanadenia <small>Torr.</small>
- Euphorbia melanocarpa <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia melanohydrata <small>Nel</small> (s)
- Euphorbia melapetala <small>Gasparr.</small>
- Euphorbia melitensis <small>Parl.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia meloformis <small>Aiton</small> (s)
- Euphorbia meloformis subsp. meloformis (s) - Melon spurge
- Euphorbia meloformis subsp. valida <small> (N.E.Br.) G.D.Rowley</small> (s)
- Euphorbia memoralis <small>R.A.Dyer</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mendezii <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia menelikii <small>Pax</small>
- Euphorbia mercurialina <small>Michx.</small> - Mercury spurge
- Euphorbia meridensis <small>Pittier</small>
- Euphorbia meridionalis <small>P.R.O.Bally & S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mertonii <small>Fosberg</small>
- Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia <small>Jacq.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia meuleniana <small>Schwartz</small> (s)
- Euphorbia meuselii <small>Geltman</small>
- Euphorbia mexiae <small>Standl.</small>
- Euphorbia meyeniana <small>Klotzsch</small>
- Euphorbia meyeriana <small>Galushko</small>
- Euphorbia micracantha <small>Boiss.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia micractina <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia micradenia <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia microcarpa <small>(Prokh.) P.Klylov</small>
- Euphorbia microcephala <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia microclada <small>Urb.</small>
- Euphorbia micromera <small>Boiss. ex Engelm.</small>
- Euphorbia microsciadia <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia microsperma <small>(Murb.) Maly</small>
- Euphorbia microsphaera <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia migiurtinorum <small>Chiov.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii <small> Desmoul.</small> (s) - Crown-of-thorns, christplant
- Euphorbia milii var. bevilaniensis <small> (Croizat) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. hislopii <small> (N.E.Br.) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. imperatae <small> (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. longifolia <small> Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. milii
- Euphorbia milii var. splendens <small> (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. tananarivae <small> (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. tenuispina <small> Rauh & Razaf.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. tulearensis <small> Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia milii var. vulcanii <small> (Leandri) Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia millotii <small> Ursch & Leandri</small> (s)
- Euphorbia minbuensis <small>Gage</small>
- Euphorbia minuta <small>Loscos & Pard.</small>
- Euphorbia minuta subsp. minuta
- Euphorbia minuta subsp. moleroi <small>P.Montserrat Recoder & J.V.Ferrández Palacio</small>
- Euphorbia minutifolia <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia minutula <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia minxianensis <small>W.T.Wang</small>
- Euphorbia mira <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia misella <small>S.Watson</small>
- Euphorbia misera <small>Benth.</small> (s) - Cliff spurge
- Euphorbia missurica <small>Raf.</small>
- Euphorbia mitchelliana <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia mitriformis <small>P.R.O.Bally & S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mixta <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mlanjeana <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mocinoi <small>Oudejans</small>
- Euphorbia moehringioides <small>Pax</small>
- Euphorbia monacantha <small>Pax</small> (s)
- Euphorbia monadenoides <small>M.G.Gilbert</small> (s)
- Euphorbia monantha <small>C.Wright ex Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia monchiquensis <small>Franco & P. Silva</small>
- Euphorbia monensis <small>(Millsp.) Urb.</small>
- Euphorbia mongolica <small>(Prokh.) Prokh.</small>
- Euphorbia monostyla <small>(Prokh.) Prokh.</small>
- Euphorbia monteiri <small>Hook.f.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia monteiri subsp. brandbergensis <small>B.Nord.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia monteiri subsp. monteiri (s)
- Euphorbia monteiri subsp. ramosa <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia montenegrina <small>(Baldacci) Maly</small>
- Euphorbia moratii <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia moratii var. antsingiensis <small>Cremers</small> (s)
- Euphorbia moratii var. bemaharensis <small>Cremers</small> (s)
- Euphorbia moratii var. moratii (s)
- Euphorbia moratii var. multiflora <small>Rauh</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mosaica <small>P.R.O.Bally & S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia mossambicensis <small> (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia mossamedensis <small>N.E.Br.</small>
- Euphorbia mucronulata <small>(Prokh.) Prokh.</small>
- Euphorbia muelleri <small>Boiss.</small>
- Euphorbia muirii <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia multiceps <small>A.Berger</small> (s)
- Euphorbia multiclava <small>P.R.O.Bally & S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia multifida <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia multifolia <small>A.C.White, R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane</small> (s)
- Euphorbia multifoliosa <small>M.E.Jones</small>
- Euphorbia multiformis <small>Hook. & Arn.</small>
- Euphorbia multifurcata <small>Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand. ex Rech.f.</small>
- Euphorbia multinodis <small>Urb.</small>
- Euphorbia multiseta <small>Benth.</small>
- Euphorbia mundtii <small>N.E.Br.</small> (s)
- Euphorbia munizii <small>Borhidi</small> (s)
- Euphorbia muraltioides <small>N.E.Br.</small>
- Euphorbia muricata <small>Thunb.</small>
- Euphorbia musciola <small>Fernald</small> (s)
- Euphorbia musili <small>Velen.</small>
- Euphorbia mwinilungensis <small>L.C.Leach</small> (s)
- Euphorbia myrioclada <small>S.Carter</small> (s)
- Euphorbia myrsinites <small>L.</small> (s) - Creeping spurge, donkey tail, myrtle spurge
- Euphorbia myrsinites subsp. myrsinites (s)
- Euphorbia myrsinites subsp. pontica <small>(Prokh.) R.Turner</small> (s)
- Euphorbia myrsinites subsp. rechingeri <small>(Greuter) Aldén</small> (s)
- Euphorbia myrtillifolia <small>L.</small>
- Euphorbia myrtoides <small>Boiss.</small>
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