Chamaesyce nutans

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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

Landscaping

Care: Heat tolerant . Drought tolerant. Fertilize regularly. Avoid frost.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Water Requirements: Water only in sumer.

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 50°F. • Cold Hardiness: 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Chamaesyce lansingii Millsp. • Chamaesyce preslii (Guss.) Arthur • Euphorbia androsaemifolia J. Presl & C. Presl • Euphorbia gibraltarica Wolley-Dod • Euphorbia hypericifolia var. communis Engelm. • Euphorbia langsingii Millsp. • Euphorbia nutans Lag. • Euphorbia nutans var. glaberrima Thell. • Euphorbia potosina var. lamasis Carvajal & Lomelí • Euphorbia preslii Guss. • Euphorbia preslii var. andicola Danguy & Cherm. • Euphorbia preslii var. glaberrima Boiss. • Euphorbia pseudonutans Thell. • Euphorbia refracta Lowe • Euphorbia trinervis Bertol. • Tithymalus nutans (Lag.) Samp.

Notes

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

Place of publication : Fl. s.e. U.S. 712, 1333. 1903

Name verified on 28-Jun-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997

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

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 424.
• A taxonomic revision of the genus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) in the Caribbean / by Derek George Burch. 1965. url , , p. 65, p. 67.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 40.
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 468, p. 468.
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 1986-1992 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 14.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 142.
• Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 550.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 19 1915 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 398, p. 399.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 24 2005 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 160.
• Contributions to North American Euphorbiaceae-- v: 1. "Euphorbia adenoptera" in North America. 2. Chamaesyceae novae. 3. Notulae hypericifoliaearum. By Charles Frederick Millspaugh. 2 1914 Chicago, 1914. url p. 396.
• Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 13, p. 17.
• Flora Costaricensis / William Burger, editor. 36 1995 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1995. url p. 164, p. 166, p. 76, p. 77, p. 78.
• Flora of Los Angeles and vicinity / by LeRoy Abrams. Stanford University, Cal. 1917. url p. 214.
• 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 U.S.S.R. [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 371.
• 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. 712.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 137, p. 346, p. 39, p. 426.
• 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, p. 708, p. 712.
• Torreya. Burlington, Vt., Torrey Botanical Club, 1901-1945. url p. 260, p. 38.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666116
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-38130
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14255555
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340759-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 402375
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501442
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDEUP0D1N0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CHNU9
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 30179

Footnotes

1. Mean = 271.990 meters (892.356 feet), Standard Deviation = 251.140 based on 3,254 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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