Chamaesyce albomarginata

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Chamaesyce hartwegiana (Boiss.) Small • Euphorbia albomarginata Torr. & A. Gray • Euphorbia hartwegiana Boiss. • Euphorbia stipulacea Engelm. Ex Boiss.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chamaesyce

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 111 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abramsiana (Abram's Spurge) · C. acuta (Pointed Broomspurge) · C. adenoptera (South Florida Broomspurge) · C. albomarginata (Rattlesnake Weed) · C. amplexicaulis (Chamaesyce) · C. angusta (Black-Foot Broomspurge) · C. arizonica (Arizona Broomspurge) · C. arnottiana (Arnott's Broomspurge) · C. articulata (Jointed Sandmat) · C. astyla (Alkali Broomspurge) · C. atrococca (Koko) · C. berteriana (Berteron's Sandmat) · C. blodgettii (Blodgett's Broomspurge) · C. bombensis (Dixie Broomspurge) · C. capitellata (Head Broomspurge) · C. carunculata (Sand-Dune Broomspurge) · C. celastroides ('ekoko) · C. celastroides var. amplectens ('ekoko) · C. celastroides var. celastroides ('ekoko) · C. celastroides var. hanapepensis ('ekoko) · C. celastroides var. lorifolia ('ekoko) · C. celastroides var. stokesii ('ekoko) · C. chaetocalyx (Bristlecup Sandmat) · C. chaetocalyx var. chaetocalyx (Bristlecup Sandmat) · C. cinerascens (Ashy Broomspurge) · C. clusiifolia (Clusia-Leaf Broomspurge) · C. conferta (Everglade Key Broomspurge) · C. cordifolia (Heart-Leaf Broomspurge) · C. cowellii (Cowell's Sandmat) · C. cumulicola (Coastal Dune Sandmat) · C. degeneri (Beach Broomspurge) · C. deltoidea (Pineland Poinsettia) · C. deltoidea deltoidea (Wedge Sandmat) · C. deltoidea deltoidea var. deltoidea (Deltoid Spurge) · C. deltoidea pinetorum (Pineland Broomspurge) · C. deltoidea serpyllum (Wedge Sandmat) · C. deppeana (Deppe's Broomspurge) · C. dioica (Pine Broomspurge) · C. eleanoriae (Na Pali Sandmat) · C. exstipulata (Square-Seed Spurge) · C. fendleri (Fendler's Broomspurge) · C. florida (Chiricahua Mountain Sandmat) · C. garberi (Garber's Spurge) · C. geyeri (Geyer Supurge) · C. glyptosperma (Corrugate-Seed Broomspurge) · C. golondrina (Boquillas Broomspurge) · C. gracillima (Mexican Broomspurge) · C. halemanui (Halemanu's Broomspurge) · C. herbstii (Herbst's Sandmat) · C. hirta (Hairy Spurge) · C. hooveri (Hoover's Broomspurge) · C. humistrata (Spreading Broomspurge) · C. hypericifolia (Graceful Sandmat) · C. hyssopifolia (Hyssop Spurge) · C. jejuna (Dwarf Broomspurge) · C. kuwaleana (Kokomalei) · C. laredana (Laredo Broomspurge) · C. lasiocarpa (Bank Broomspurge) · C. lata (Hoary Broomspurge) · C. maculata (Prostrate Spurge) · C. melanadenia (Red-Gland Spurge) · C. mendezii (Mendez's Broomspurge) · C. mesembrianthemifolia (Coastal Beach Sandmat) · C. micromera (Desert Spurge) · C. missurica (Missouri Spurge) · C. multiformis (Variable Sandmat) · C. multiformis var. microphylla (Variable Sandmat) · C. nutans (Eyebane) · C. ocellata (Contura Creek Sandmat) · C. olowaluana (Akoko) · C. ophthalmica (Florida Hammock Broomspurge) · C. orbifolia (Mona Island Sandmat) · C. parishii (Parish's Broomspurge) · C. parryi (Parry Spurge) · C. pediculifera (Carrizo Mountain Sandmat) · C. perennans (Perennial Broomspurge) · C. platysperma (Flat-Seed Sandmat) · C. polycarpa (Big Bend Broomspurge) · C. polygonifolia (Seaside Spurge) · C. porteriana (Key's Sandmat) · C. porteriana var. porteriana (Porter's Sandmat) · C. prostrata (Prostrate Broomspurge) · C. remyi (Remy's Broomspurge) · C. remyi var. hanaleiensis (Remy's Broomspurge) · C. remyi var. kauaiensis (Remy's Broomspurge) · C. remyi var. remyi (Remy's Broomspurge) · C. revoluta (Thread-Stem Broomspurge) · C. rockii (Koolau Range Sandmat) · C. serpens (Matted Broomspurge) · C. serpyllifolia (Thyme-Leaf Broomspurge) · C. serpyllifolia serpyllifolia (Thyme-Leaf Sandmat) · C. serrula (Saw-Tooth Broomspurge) · C. setiloba (Yuma Broomspurge) · C. simulans (Chamaesyce Simulans) · C. skottsbergii (Coastal Sandmat) · C. skottsbergii var. skottsbergii (Coastal Sandmat) · C. skottsbergii var. vaccinioides (Coastal Sandmat) · C. sparsiflora (Wahiawa Bog Sandmat) · C. stictospora (Slim-Seed Broomspurge) · C. theriaca (Terlingua Broomspurge)

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Further Reading

• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 38.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 7 1912 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 260, p. 831.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 142.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 25 1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 344, p. 399.
• Flora of Colorado, Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url , .
• Flora of Colorado, by P. A. Rydberg, PH. D. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 222, p. 223.
• Flora of Colorado, by P.A. Rydberg. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 222, p. 222, p. 223, p. 223.
• Flora of New Mexico / by E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. Washington: G.P.O., 1915. url p. 399.
• Flora of New Mexico. By E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. WashingtonGovt. Print. Off.1915 url p. 399.
• Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunkel Small. New York, The author, 1913. url p. 1333, p. 1349, p. 707, p. 710, p. 710.
• Key to the Rocky Mountain flora. Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and British Columbia. New York, [c1919] url .
• Key to the Rocky Mountain flora; Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and British Columbia. New York, 1919. url p. 151.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 181, p. 445.
• Small, J. K. Flora of the southeastern United States;being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolin, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian /by John Kunkel Small. .. 1903 New York: The author, 1903. url p. 1333.
• The Plant world. Baltimore [etc.]Plant World Association [etc.] url p. 221.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
• Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database
• Utah Valley State College (UVSC): Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666077
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-37841
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340529-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501400
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 55196-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDEUP0D040
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CHAL11
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 30033

Footnotes

1. Mean = 971.860 meters (3,188.517 feet), Standard Deviation = 712.310 based on 244 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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