Euphorbia graminea Jacq.

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Notes: We have taken this name for the commonly-planted species in Zimbabwean gardens.
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Worldwide distribution: Mexico to tropical America
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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Euphorbia graminea
African Plant Database: Euphorbia graminea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Euphorbia graminea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euphorbia graminea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Euphorbia graminea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Euphorbia graminea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euphorbia graminea
JSTOR Plant Science: Euphorbia graminea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euphorbia graminea
Plants of the World Online: Euphorbia graminea
Tropicos: Euphorbia graminea
Wikipedia: Euphorbia graminea


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Euphorbia graminea.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=256220, retrieved 5 December 2025

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