Euphorbiales

Table of contents

1 Placement
2 Synonyms and common names
3 Reference
4 Text
5 Children
6 Families

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Rosidae

Order Euphorbiales

Synonyms and common names

none noted

Reference

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28020 as of 2002-05-30

In the Mediterranean area, some use euphorbia's leaves for fishing in rivers: leaves release their toxic substance, that goes immediately in solution with water, and when the fish is reached by it its swim-bladder swells until it explodes, killing the fish. The dead fish comes then to the surface and is easily collectible. This practice is however extremely unsafe, given that the toxic element remains in the tissues of the fish, so it would be dangerous to eat it.

Children

Families

Aextoxicaceae Aextoxicon punctatum, the Aceitunillo tree from Chile, is the only species in this family. The family is empty in ITIS. Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/aextoxic.htm shows this as unassigned at the ordinal level.
Buxaceae (boxwood) - 2 genera
Daphniphyllaceae - 1 genus, Daphniphyllum, 35 species. The family is empty in ITIS. Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/daphniph.htm places it in Saxifragales
Euphorbiaceae (spurge) - 71 genera, including cassava and the castor bean
Pandaceae - 4 genera, 28 species. This family is empty in ITIS. See Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/pandacea.htm for more information.
Simmondsiaceae (goatnut, jojoba) - 1 genus

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