Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Baikov, K.S. (2007). Synopsis of the genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in the Northern Asia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92(1): 135-159.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Geltman, D.V. (2020). A synopsis of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) for the Cacuasus. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 51: 43-78.
• Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
• Reichert, H., Gregor, T. & Meierott, L. (2018). Euphorbia saratoi. Kochia 11: 1-36.
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Euphorbia esula subsp. tommasiniana.]
• Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique. [Cited as Euphorbia esula subsp. tommasiniana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

• (2024). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378128808_ILLUSTRATED_FLORA_of_Albania_Update_101. epublication.
• Berry, M. (2023). Adventives & Aliens news 30. BSBI News 154: 31-41.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
• Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
• Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
• Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
• Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 2: 367-766. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
• von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2019). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 10. Willdenowia 49: 95-115.