Euphorbia
(a name given to this plant by Dioscorides; said by Pliny to have been so called in honour of Euphorbus, physician to Juba, King of Mauritania). Milkwort or Spurge. SYN. Tithymalus. Including Poinsettia and Treisia. ORD.
Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.
(a name given to this plant by Dioscorides; said by Pliny to have been so called in honour of Euphorbus, physician to Juba, King of Mauritania). Milkwort or Spurge. SYN. Tithymalus. Including Poinsettia and Treisia. ORD.