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Devil's Backbone
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Spurge family: cassava & rubber

Devil's Backbone

Euphorbia tithymaloides L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishDevil's Backbone
Dutch—
SpanishCandelilla
Chinese红雀珊瑚
Scientific nameEuphorbia tithymaloides L.

About this species

Euphorbia tithymaloides is a perennial succulent spurge native to the tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Central America. An erect shrub, the plant is also known by the scientific name Pedilanthus tithymaloides. However, the genus Pedilanthus has been subsumed into the genus Euphorbia, and is more correctly known by its new name (Euphorbia tithymaloides).

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusEuphorbia

In Suriname

4Records in Suriname
1901First record
1933Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Saramacca2
  • Commewijne1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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