Euphorbiaceae : The Spurge Family [in construction] The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Acalypha alopecuroides, Acalypha pseudoalopecuroides, Adelia oaxacana, Bernardia interrupta, Bernardia mexicana, Chamaesyce cumbrae, Cnidoscolus angustidens, Cnidoscolus autlanensis, Croton ciliato-glandulosus, Croton flavescens, Croton fragilis, Croton morifolius, Croton sonorae, Dalembertia populifolia, Ditaxis manzanilloana, Euphorbia anychioides, Euphorbia delicatula, Euphorbia dentata, Euphorbia fulva, Euphorbia glomerifera, Euphorbia heterophylla, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia hypericifolia, Euphorbia oaxacana, Euphorbia scabrella, Euphorbia schlechtendalii, Euphorbia serrula, Euphorbia stictospora, Euphorbia taxmalana, Euphorbia xylopoda, Jatropha elbae, Mabea occidentalis, Manihot dulcis, Manihot foetida, Manihot obovata, Manihot ovata, Manihot rhomboidea, Manihot triloba, Pedilanthus calcaratus, Pedilanthus spectabilis, Phyllanthus sp., Ricinus communis, Sapium appendiculatum, Sapium macrocarpum, Sebastiania pavoniana, Stillingia sp., and Tragia nepetaefolia.
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List of Euphorbiaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names
Genus species
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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Acalphya alopecuroides Jacq. | teoo:lo:tsi:n | (not named) | (not named) | ||
Cnidoscolus angustidens | tla:lpa:ya:tsi:n | tla:lpa:ya:tsi:n | tla:lpa:ya:tsi:n | ||
Cnidoscolus urens (Miller) I. Johnston | (not named) | a:chi:chikastli | (not named) | ||
Croton flavescens Greenm. | yeskuwtli | (not named) | yeskuwtle | ||
Croton fragilis Kunth | tla:kotl para tlachpanwa:stli | to:nalo:kotl | (not named) | ||
Croton sp. | to:to:xo:chikomekatl / tsatsakawa:stsi:n | to:to:xo:chikomekatl | komekatl de pehpei:neh | ||
Chamaescyce crepuscula L. C. Wheeler (#0055) | me:me:ya wekapania | me:me:ya íkatók | me:me:yah | ||
Chamaescyce lasiocarpa (Klozsch) Arthur (#0345) | me:me:ya wekapania | me:me:ya wákapánia | me:me:yah | ||
Dalembertia poñolifolia Baill | tla:lto:ntsi:n | tla:lto:ntsi:n | tla:lto:ntsi:n | ||
Euphorbia cyalbophora Murray | (not named) | a:kó:kotlí ista:k | (not named) | ||
Euphorbia cyalbophora Murray | (not named) | a:kó:kotlí chi:chi:ltik | (not named) | ||
Euphorbia graminea Jacq. | (not named) | kopalkihli de tepe:k | (not named) | ||
Euphorbia sonorae Rose | kokoloxtsi:n | (not named) | (not named) | ||
Jatropha elbae J. Jiménez | (not named) | kohyestli | kuwyestle | ||
Jatropha websterii J. Jiménez | te:ntoto:nka:wihli | kamatoto:nka:wílpatlí | te:ntoto:nkawihle | ||
Ricinus communis L. | se:poxiwtli | xé:poxíhtli (mátlapaltsi:tsikíltik) | se:bohxiwtle | ||
Sebastiania lotiae | pipitsaktsi:n | margari:tah | (not named) |
Genus species
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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(not identified; #0004) | me:me:ya (xiwtli de) | me:me:ya chi:chi:ltik | me:me:yah | ||
(not identified; #0006) | me:me:ya (xiwtli de) | me:me:ya chi:chi:ltik | me:me:yah | ||
(not identified; #0123) | me:me:ya wekapania de momonextik | me:me:ya wákapánia | me:me:yah de sisiwa:tl | ||
(not identified; #0019) | (not named) | (not named) | (not named) |
List of Euphorbiaceae species identified in Western terminolgy, but not identified by Nahuatl consultants
Genus species
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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Acalphya mexicana Mull. Arg. (#0016) | (not named) | (not named) | (not named) |