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Euphorbiaceae : The Spurge Family

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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
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  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
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  (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
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Acalphya mexicana Mull. Arg. (#0016)   (not named) (not named) (not named)