Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia maculata L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
creeping euphorbia	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
di jin cao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
dijincao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
euphorbiae humifusae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
herba euphorbiae humifusae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spotted sandmat	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
wolf ’s milk	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
地精草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地锦草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
whole plant		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 713 (1903).
Euphorbia supina Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 119 (1817).
Anisophyllum maculatum (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 162 (1812).
Chamaesyce jovetii (Huguet) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 176 (1973).
Chamaesyce pseudonutans Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & P.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 431 (1917).
Chamaesyce supina (Raf.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 16: 119 (1940).
Chamaesyce tracyi Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 713 (1903).
Euphorbia depressa Torr. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 794 (1826).
Euphorbia jovetii Huguet Botaniste 54: 153 (1971).
Euphorbia maculata var. detonsa Engelm. ex Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 47 (1862).
Euphorbia maculata var. parvula Riddell Syn. Fl. West. States: 32 (1835).
Tithymalus maculatus (L.) Moench Methodus: 666 (1794).
Xamesike depressa (Torr. ex Spreng.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 97 (1840).
Xamesike littoralis Raf. Autik. Bot.: 97 (1840).
Xamesike maculata (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 97 (1840).
Xamesike supina (Raf.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 97 (1840).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Euphorbia maculata L.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia supina Rafinesque	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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