Euphorbia  (Euphorbia decaryi)

IUCN Red List species status – Endangered
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Facts – Euphorbia

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEuphorbiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusEuphorbia (1)

Status – Euphorbia

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1) and is listed on Appendix I of CITES (2). Varieties Euphorbia decaryi ampanihyensis and Euphorbia decaryi spirosticha are classified as Vulnerable (VU), Euphorbia decaryi decaryi is classified as Endangered (EN) and Euphorbia decaryi robinsonii is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the ICUN Red List (1).

Description – Euphorbia

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Glossary

  • Variety: in taxonomy, the science of classifying organisms, variety is the rank below subspecies. Members of a variety differ from others of the same species in relatively minor ways.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. CITES (May, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
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