Comments on: Euphorbia - the gigantic genus! http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/ a weblog for all things plants Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ronaye Tanner http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/#comment-2074 Ronaye Tanner Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:32:36 +0000 http://plants.zachandchristie.com/?p=1158#comment-2074 euphorbia characias wulfeniiMy husband got a drop of the white sap in his eye today. It is like getting acid in your eye. Some websites say it can cause blindness. I never knew how toxic this sap is. Everyone should be informed of this danger. Also toxic if swallowed and irriatating to the skin. euphorbia characias wulfeniiMy husband got a drop of the white sap in his eye today. It is like getting acid in your eye. Some websites say it can cause blindness. I never knew how toxic this sap is. Everyone should be informed of this danger. Also toxic if swallowed and irriatating to the skin.

]]> By: Joanne Gram http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/#comment-1609 Joanne Gram Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:52:13 +0000 http://plants.zachandchristie.com/?p=1158#comment-1609 Loved seeing your website. It IS rather shocking that so many different plants are in the genus Euphorbia. Considering the FAMILY of euphorbs, there is another genus, Jatropha, which is quite interesting--and the sap is CLEAR and somewhat viscous. So there is at least one genus with non-milky sap in the euphorbs group. Plus there are euphorbs in the Americas, too. Euphorbia xantii comes from Baja California--it is a drought-resistant tall greyish green shrub which flowers profusely with small white scented flowers with red buds. Joanne Gram, Desert Garden Docent at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, California Loved seeing your website. It IS rather shocking that so many different plants are in the genus Euphorbia. Considering the FAMILY of euphorbs, there is another genus, Jatropha, which is quite interesting–and the sap is CLEAR and somewhat viscous. So there is at least one genus with non-milky sap in the euphorbs group. Plus there are euphorbs in
the Americas, too. Euphorbia xantii comes from Baja California–it is a drought-resistant tall greyish green shrub which flowers profusely with small white scented flowers with red buds.

Joanne Gram, Desert Garden Docent at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, California

]]> By: lostlandscape (James) http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/#comment-1507 lostlandscape (James) Fri, 22 May 2009 18:44:26 +0000 http://plants.zachandchristie.com/?p=1158#comment-1507 Ah, euphorbias... Some of my favorite plants are in this genus, along with some of the more noxious weeds and obnoxious plants in my garden. I have E. greenwayi and E. cotinifolia and Diamond Frost and a few others that I like, and then there's the pencil tree (E. Euphorbia tirucalli) that I've been trying to kill off for the last 2+ years. (But it looked so cute in the pot...) And then there are the terribly invasive spotted spurge and leafy spurge that are impossible to get rid of in the garden. I guess that if you get a genus large enough, you'll get all sorts of family dynamics going on in it... Ah, euphorbias… Some of my favorite plants are in this genus, along with some of the more noxious weeds and obnoxious plants in my garden. I have E. greenwayi and E. cotinifolia and Diamond Frost and a few others that I like, and then there’s the pencil tree (E. Euphorbia tirucalli) that I’ve been trying to kill off for the last 2+ years. (But it looked so cute in the pot…) And then there are the terribly invasive spotted spurge and leafy spurge that are impossible to get rid of in the garden. I guess that if you get a genus large enough, you’ll get all sorts of family dynamics going on in it…

]]> By: Cathy http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/#comment-1446 Cathy Wed, 20 May 2009 21:24:44 +0000 http://plants.zachandchristie.com/?p=1158#comment-1446 I grow the Diamond Frost, and Crowns of Thorns. Euphorbias has so many different types of plants like the Peperomias, they are tropicals, succulents and tender perennials. How they conclude them to be in the same family is a bit confusing. Great post, I really like a lot of the perennial types of the euphorbias. One thing I have noticed about euphorbias they all seem to have milky saps. I grow the Diamond Frost, and Crowns of Thorns. Euphorbias has so many different types of plants like the Peperomias, they are tropicals, succulents and tender perennials. How they conclude them to be in the same family is a bit confusing. Great post, I really like a lot of the perennial types of the euphorbias. One thing I have noticed about euphorbias they all seem to have milky saps.

]]> By: Phillip http://plants.zachandchristie.com/2009/05/20/euphorbia-the-gigantic-genus/#comment-1438 Phillip Wed, 20 May 2009 15:31:49 +0000 http://plants.zachandchristie.com/?p=1158#comment-1438 This is a large family / genus that has long been divided into sub-tribes. There is a good short discussion on Wikipedia and some useful refs here: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364404772974266 and http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trmar98b.htm This is a large family / genus that has long been divided into sub-tribes. There is a good short discussion on Wikipedia and some useful refs here:
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364404772974266
and
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trmar98b.htm

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