Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f. is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis is an endemic Galápagos flowering euphorbia, first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Family
Genus
Euphorbia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f.

Euphorbia amplexicaulis Hook.f. is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. This species is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where it grows primarily in seasonally dry habitats. It was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in the publication Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia

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