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342.0000 Family Euphorbiaceae A.Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 384 (1789), nom. cons. (s. str.)
210 genera, ca. 6700 spp.
Species listed in database: 6532; hybrids: 56
= Acalyphaceae A.Juss. ex Menge; Cat. Pl. Grudent. Gedan. 172 (1839)
= Bertyaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 190 (1858)
= Cheilosaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xxxi (2001)
= Crotonaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 258 (1858)
= Hippomanaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 244 (1858)
= Mercurialaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 237 (1820)
= Ricinaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 547 (1820)
= Ricinocarpaceae Hurus.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 224 (1954)
= Tithymalaceae Vent.; Tabl. Règn. Vég. 3: 483 (1799)
= Tragiaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 111 (1838)
= Trewiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 174 (1836)
342.4243 Genus Tragia Plum. ex L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 980 (1753)
Distribution: tropics and subtropics. The genus contains three distinct lineages and will have to be split in three (Gillespie et al. 2020)
Species listed in database: 159
= Agirta Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 463 (1858)
= Allosandra Raf.; Autik. Bot. 51 (1840)
= Ctenomeria Harv.; London J. Bot. 1: 29 (1842)
= Lassia Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 464 (1858)
= Leptobotrys Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 478 (1858)
= Leptorhachis Klotzsch; Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 7: 189 (1841)
= Leucandra Klotzsch; Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 7: 188 (1841)
= Schorigeram Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 355 (1763)
species :
Tragia abortiva M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 396 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia acahualicola Urtecho; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 20(1): 47 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia acalyphoides Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 37(4): 684 (1983)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Tragia adenanthera Baill.; Adansonia 1: 275 (1860 publ. 1861)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zanzibar; Malawi
25 TAN 26 MLW
species :
Tragia adenophila Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 55 (1919)
Distribution: Paraguay
85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia adenophila var. ferruginea Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 55 (1919)
= Tragia adenophila var. mollis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 55 (1919), nom. inval.
species :
Tragia affinis B.L.Rob. & Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 29: 393 (1894)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia aliena Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 52 (1919)
Distribution: S-Brazil; SE-Brazil
84 BRA
species :
Tragia amblyodonta (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 51 (1919)
Name: Dogtooth noseburn
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia dentata Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 51 (1919), nom. illeg.
= Tragia nepetifolia var. amblyodonta Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
species :
Tragia angolensis Müll.Arg.; J. Bot. 2: 333 (1864)
Distribution: Angola; Zambia
26 ANG ZAM
species :
Tragia arabica (Müll.Arg.) Baill. ex Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 981 (1913)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)
24 ETH 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia mitis var. arabica Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 942 (1866)
= Tragia pungens var. arabica (Müll.Arg.) Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 310 (1899)
species :
Tragia arnhemica P.I.Forst.; Austral. Syst. Bot. 7(4): 381 (1994)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)
50 AUS
species :
Tragia ashiae M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 395 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia aurea Rusby; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 444 (1907)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Tragia bahiensis Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 182 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Amambay, Caazapa, Concepcion); Uruguay (Rivera); Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santiago del Estero)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia bahiensis var. flexuosa Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XVII, Heft 85 (Euph. Addit. VII): 187 (1924)
= Tragia depauperata Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 56 (1919)
= Tragia emrichii Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 8: 26 (1949)
= Tragia lagoensis Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 409 (1873)
= Tragia nepetifolia Wawra; Bot. Ergebn. Reise Maximilian [Wawra] 34 (1866)
species :
Tragia balfourii Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 983 (1913)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia balfouriana J.B.Gillett ex G.B.Popov; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 719 (1957), nom. illeg.
= Tragia dioica Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: (1884) 95 (non Sond. 1850)
species :
Tragia ballyi Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 37(4): 685 (1983)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Tragia baroniana Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 235 (1912)
Distribution: C-Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: status uncertain
species :
Tragia benthamii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 128 (1910)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia cordifolia Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 501 (1849), nom. illeg.
= Tragia kassiliensis Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 126 (1910)
= Tragia keniensis Rendle; J. Bot. 70: 164 (1932)
= Tragia mitis var. kirkii Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 942 (1866)
species :
Tragia betonicifolia Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5: 173 (1837)
Name: Betonyleaf noseburn
Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia urticifolia var. texana Shinners; Field & Lab. 19: 183 (1951)
species :
Tragia bicolor Miq.; Linnaea 26: 222 (1853)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia miqueliana Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 942 (1866)
= Tragia miqueliana var. bicolor (Miq.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 943 (1866)
species :
Tragia biflora Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 62 (1929)
Name: Guao (Dominican Republic), Attrappe sotte, Liane flamant (Haiti)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Tragia boiviniana Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 183 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Agirta boiviniana Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 463 (1858)
species :
Tragia bongolana Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 236 (1912)
Distribution: South Sudan
24 SSU
species :
Tragia brevipes Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 103 (1894)
Distribution: Cameroon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 CMN ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia velutina Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 104 (1894)
= Tragia volkensii Pax; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas [Engler] C 240 (1895)
species :
Tragia brevispica Engelm. & A.Gray; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 262 (1845)
Name: Shortspike noseburn
Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia nepetifolia var. scutellariifolia (Scheele) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
= Tragia nepetifolia var. teucriifolia (Scheele) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
= Tragia scutellariifolia Scheele; Linnaea 25: 587 (1853)
= Tragia teucriifolia Scheele; Linnaea 25: 586 (1852)
species :
Tragia caperonioides Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 40 (1919)
Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)
85 PAR
species :
Tragia catamarcensis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 42 (1919)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca)
85 ARG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Tragia catemacoensis Urtecho; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 20(1): 46 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia ceanothifolia Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(1): 231 (1985)
Distribution: C-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Tragia cearensis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XVII, Heft 85 (Euphorb. Addit. VII): 186 (1924)
Distribution: Brazil (Ceará)
84 BRA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Tragia chevalieri Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 126 (1910)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria
22 BEN IVO NGA
species :
Tragia chiapensis J.-B.Urtecho & Urtecho; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 20(1): 58 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia chiltepeca Urtecho ex Mart.Gord. & R.Torres; Phytotaxa 202(2): 162 (2015)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia chlorocaulon Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461, et Adansonia 5: 306 (1864 publ. 1865)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz); S-Brazil
83 BOL 84 BRA
species :
Tragia cinerea (Pax) M.G.Gilbert & Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(2): 394 (1985)
Distribution: ?Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya
24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia cordifolia var. cinerea (Pax) Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 981 (1913)
= Tragia mitis var. cinerea Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 103 (1894)
= Tragia pungens var. cinerea (Pax) Pax; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 79 (1919)
species :
Tragia cocculifolia Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 335 (1912)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia cocculifolia var. glabrescens Leandri; Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n. s. 21: 68 (1938)
species :
Tragia collina Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 335 (1912)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Tragia cordata Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 176 (1803)
Name: Heartleaf noseburn
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Allosandra macrocarpa Raf.; Autik. Bot. 52 (1840), nom. superfl.
= Tragia macrocarpa Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 323 (1805), nom. superfl.
= Tragia michauxii Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 460 (1858), nom. superfl.
species :
Tragia correae Huft; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1107 (1988)
Distribution: S-Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Tragia crenata M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 399 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia cubensis Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 226 (1930)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Tragia cuneata Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 180 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Tragia descampsii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 207 (1903)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; W-Tanzania; Zambia
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM
species :
Tragia dinteri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 82 (1909)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Tragia dioica Sond.; Linnaea 23: 109 (1850)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, N-Cape Prov.)
26 ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia schinzii Pax; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 734 (1898)
variant :
var. lobata (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; (1919)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia recta Dinter ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 88 (1919)
= Tragia rupestris var. lobata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 941 (1866)
species :
Tragia dodecandra Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 98 (1874)
Distribution: Argentina (Chaco, Córdoba, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, San Luis)
85 ARG
species :
Tragia doryodes M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 391 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia durbanensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 293 (1898)
Distribution: Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
26 MOZ 27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia capensis E.Mey. ex Sond.; Linnaea 23: 110 (1850), nom. illeg.
= Tragia glabrata (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 94 (1919)
= Tragia glabrata var. hispida Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 42: 396 (1987)
= Tragia meyeriana var. glabrata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 938 (1866)
species :
Tragia fasciculata Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 83 (1908)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
species :
Tragia finalis P.I.Forst.; Austral. Syst. Bot. 10: 863 (1997)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Tragia flagellata I.Montero & Barberá; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 158(3): 371 (2025)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Tragia friesii Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XVII, Heft 85 (Euphorb. Addit. VII): 186 (1924)
Distribution: Bolivia (Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG
species :
Tragia furialis Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 286 (1837)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 29 COM MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia angustifolia var. furialis (Bojer) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 939 (1866)
= Tragia furialis var. scheffleri (Baker) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 94 (1919)
= Tragia scheffleri Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 440 (1908)
species :
Tragia gardneri Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 52 (1909)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Botswana
26 ZIM 27 BOT
species :
Tragia gentryi Urtecho; Phytoneuron 2022-11: 11 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Nayarit, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia geraniifolia Klotzsch ex Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461, nomen, et ex Müll. Arg. in Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 933 (1866)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Tarija); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Uruguay (Artigas, Colonia, Florida Prov., Montevideo, Paysandú, Rio Negro, Salto, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia geraniifolia var. multifida Griseb.; Symb. Fl. Argent. 60 (1879)
species :
Tragia giardelliae M.M.Gut. & Múlgura; Darwiniana 27(1-4): 491 (1986), as ´giardellii´
Distribution: S-Brazil (Santa Catarina); Argentina (Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG
species :
Tragia glabrescens Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 104 (1894)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Tragia glanduligera Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 55 (1919)
Name: Brush noseburn
Distribution: USA (SE-Texas); Mexico (Campeche, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Belize
77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ
species :
Tragia gracilis Griseb.; Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 176 (1865)
Name: Candelilla (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Tragia guatemalensis Lotsy; Bot. Gaz. 20: 354 (1895)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Tragia guyanensis Gillespie; Novon 4: 331 (1994)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Tragia hassleriana Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 606 (1905)
Distribution: Paraguay (Canindeyu)
85 PAR
species :
Tragia hieronymi Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 62 (1919)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Córdoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis)
83 BOL 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia oligantha Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XVII, Heft 85 (Euphorb. Addit. VII): 187 (1924)
= Tragia tenella Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 51 (1919)
species :
Tragia hildebrandtii Müll.Arg.; Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 7: 26 (1880)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia cannabina var. hildebrandtii (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 86 (1919)
= Tragia hildebrandtii subsp. glaucescens Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 103 (1894)
= Tragia mombassana Vatke ex Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 978 (1913), pro syn.
= Tragia tripartita Schweinf.; Reliq. Kotschy. 34 (1868) (non Beille)
species :
Tragia hispida Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 323 (1805)
Distribution: India (Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia involucrata var. hispida (Willd.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 943 (1866)
species :
Tragia hoffmanniae W.Cordeiro & M.F.Sales; Syst. Bot. 45(4): 841 (2020)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Tragia imerinica Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 336 (1912)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: status uncertain
species :
Tragia impedita Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 52 (1909)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Tragia incana Klotzsch ex Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461, nomen, et ex Müll. Arg. in Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 935 (1866)
Distribution: Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Montevideo, Rivera, Rocha, Tacuarembó)
85 URU
species :
Tragia incisifolia Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 237 (1912)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF
species :
Tragia insuavis Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 237 (1912)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Tragia involucrata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 980 (1753)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh
40 BAN IND LDV NEP SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Croton urens L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1005 (1753)
= Tragia cordata B.Heyne ex Benth.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7791A (1847), nomen
= Tragia involucrata var. rheediana Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 943 (1866)
= Tragia trifida Benth.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7795 (1847), nomen
species :
Tragia ivohibeensis Leandri; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 11(3): 439 (1971)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Tragia jonesii Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts; Kew Bull. 52: 480 (1997)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia scandens M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 49 (1933-5), nom. illeg.
species :
Tragia karsteniana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 65 (1919)
Distribution: Colombia (Meta)
82 CLM
species :
Tragia kirkiana Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 538 (1864)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo)
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia angustifolia var. hastata Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 435 (1864)
= Tragia stolziana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 78 (1919)
species :
Tragia laciniata (Torr.) Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 182 (1865 publ. 1866)
Name: Sonoita noseburn
Distribution: USA (SE-Arizona); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
76 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia urticifolia var. laciniata Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 200 (1858)
species :
Tragia laminularis Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 183 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Benin; Gabon
22 BEN BKN SIE 23 GAB
species :
Tragia lancifolia Dinter ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 91 (1919)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Tragia lasiophylla Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 86 (1919)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
species :
Tragia lassia Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts; Kew Bull. 52: 480 (1997)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Lassia scandens Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 464 (1858)
= Tragia scandens (Baill.) Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 183 (1865), nom. illeg.
= Tragia scandens var. basaltorum Leandri; Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n. s. 21: 66 (1938)
species :
Tragia leptophylla (Torr.) I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 91 (1923)
Name: Fineleaf noseburn
Distribution: USA (Texas)
77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia nepetifolia var. leptophylla (Torr.) Shinners; Southw. Naturalist 6: 101 (1961)
= Tragia ramosa var. leptophylla Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 201 (1859)
= Tragia stylaris var. leptophylla (Torr.) Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 181 (1865)
species :
Tragia leucandra Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 38 (1919)
Distribution: S-Brazil
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Leucandra betonicifolia Klotzsch; Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 7: 188 (1841)
= Tragia betonicifolia (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 181 (1865), nom. illeg.
species :
Tragia liberica Jongkind; Candollea 70(2): 250 (2015)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
species :
Tragia lippiifolia Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(1): 232 (1985)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Tragia lukafuensis De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 206 (1903)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ZAM
species :
Tragia maculata Urtecho; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 20(1): 53 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia mazoensis Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 42(2): 396 (1987)
Distribution: Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
species :
Tragia mcvaughii Urtecho; Phytoneuron 2022-11: 1 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia melochioides Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 60 (1879)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Central, Concepcion, Guaira, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay (Rio Negro, Soriano); Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia bangii Rusby; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 445 (1907)
= Tragia micrococca Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia pseudomelochioides Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 55 (1919)
species :
Tragia mexicana Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 181 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
species :
Tragia meyeriana Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 938 (1866)
Distribution: Angola; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ANG MOZ 27 NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia bolusii Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 293 (1898)
species :
Tragia micromenes Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 47: 681 (1992)
Distribution: Zambia
26 ZAM
species :
Tragia mildbraediana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 96 (1919)
Distribution: ?Sierra Leone; ?Liberia; Togo; ?Nigeria; Cameroon
22 TOG 23 CMN
species :
Tragia minor Sond.; Linnaea 23: 108 (1850)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia rupestris var. minor (Sond.) Müll.Arg.
species :
Tragia mitis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 244 (1850)
Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea
24 ERI ETH SUD
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia cordata A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 244 (1850)
species :
Tragia mixta M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 396 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA
species :
Tragia moammarensis Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461 (1874)
Distribution: Yemen (W-Yemen)
35 YEM
species :
Tragia monadelpha Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 404 (1827)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
species :
Tragia montana (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 183 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia involucrata var. cordata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 943 (1866)
= Tragia involucrata var. montana Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 270 (1861)
= Tragia montana var. dioica Chakr. & N.P.Balakr.; Rheedea 16: 21 (2006)
= Tragia muelleriana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 80 (1919)
= Tragia muelleriana var. cordata (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 81 (1919)
species :
Tragia moranii Urtecho; Phytoneuron 2022-11: 6 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia negeliensis M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 398 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia nepetifolia Cav.; Icon. [Cavanilles] 6: 37, t. 557, f. 1 (1800)
Name: Catnip noseburn (EN)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia nepetifolia var. dissecta Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 933 (1866)
= Tragia nepetifolia var. setosa S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 451 (1882)
= Tragia urticifolia Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 14 (1839)
species :
Tragia nigricans Bush; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1906: 122 (1906)
Name: Dark noseburn
Distribution: USA (SC-Texas)
77 USA
species :
Tragia novae-hollandiae Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 180 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia setosa A.Cunn. ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 44 (1919)
species :
Tragia okanyua Pax; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 735 (1898)
Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia madandensis S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 203 (1911)
species :
Tragia pacifica McVaugh; Brittonia 13: 203 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia paxii Lourteig & O´Donell; Lilloa 6: 351 (1941)
Distribution: Paraguay (Guaira, Paraguari); Argentina (Misiones)
85 ARG PAR
species :
Tragia peltata Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 10: 6 (1825 publ. 1829)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Tragia perrieri Leandri; Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n. s. 21: 67 (1938 publ. 1939)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Tragia petiolaris Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 37(4): 687 (1983)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia
25 TAN 26 ZAM
species :
Tragia physocarpa Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 238 (1912)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Gauteng)
27 NAM SAF
species :
Tragia pinnata (Poir.) A.Juss.; Euphorb. Gen. 48 (1824)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Canelones, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Acalypha pinnata Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 205 (1804)
species :
Tragia platycalyx Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(1): 232 (1985)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Tragia plukenetii Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 37(4): 688 (1983), nom. nov.
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; SE-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa. Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka
22 NGA 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZIM 40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Croton hastatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1005 (1753)
= Tragia brouniana Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 51 (1909)
= Tragia cannabina L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 415 (1782) (nom. illeg. superfl. rejic.)
= Tragia cannabina var. brouniana (Prain) Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 977 (1913)
= Tragia cannabina var. hastata (L.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 85 (1919)
= Tragia cannabina var. intermedia (Müll.Arg.) Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 976 (1913)
= Tragia gallabatensis Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 51 (1909)
= Tragia involucrata var. cannabina Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 944 (1866)
= Tragia involucrata var. intermedia Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 944 (1866)
= Tragia tripartita Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 83 (1908), nom. illeg.
species :
Tragia plumieri Lourteig; Bradea 5(34): 353 (1990), nom. nov.
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia scandens Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 97 (1775), nom. illeg.
species :
Tragia pogostemonoides Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(1): 233 (1985)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Tragia pohlii Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 181 (1865)
Distribution: Brazil (Goiás)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia mollis Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 64 (1919), nom. inval.
species :
Tragia polyandra Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 7 (1825 publ. 1829)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Guaira); Argentina (Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Leptorhachis hastata Klotzsch; Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 7: 189 (1841)
= Tragia emilii Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 43 (1919)
= Tragia hastata (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 407 (1873)
= Tragia leptorhachis Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts; Kew Bull. 52: 480 (1997) (nom. nov. for T. hastata (Klotzsch) Müll. Arg.)
species :
Tragia polygonoides Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 194 (1912)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
species :
Tragia potosina Lundell; Phytologia 1: 370 (1940)
Distribution: Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Tragia praetervisa Chakr. & N.P.Balakr.; Rheedea 16(1): 23 (2006)
Distribution: India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia miqueliana var. unicolor Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 943 (1866)
= Tragia muelleriana var. unicolor (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 81 (1919)
= Tragia praetervisa var. unicolor (Müll.Arg.) Chakr. & N.P.Balakr.; Rheedea 16: 25 (2006)
species :
Tragia preussii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 102 (1894)
Distribution: Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia winkleri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 82 (1909)
species :
Tragia prionoides Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 42(2): 397 (1987)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (North-West Prov., Gauteng)
26 ZIM 27 SAF
species :
Tragia prostrata Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 42(2): 398 (1987)
Distribution: Zambia
26 ZAM
species :
Tragia pungens (Forssk.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 941 (1866)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Yemen
24 ERI ETH SOM 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Jatropha pungens Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 163 (1775)
= Tragia arabica var. parvifolia (Pax) Prain; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 982 (1913)
= Tragia cordata Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 322 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Tragia cordifolia Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 1: 76 (1790)
= Tragia parvifolia Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 102 (1894)
species :
Tragia ramosa Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 245 (1827)
Name: Branched noseburn
Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia angustifolia Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 172 (1835)
= Tragia nepetifolia var. angustifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
= Tragia nepetifolia var. latifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
= Tragia nepetifolia var. ramosa (Torr.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 934 (1866)
= Tragia ramosa var. latifolia (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 40 (1919)
= Tragia stylaris Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 180 (1865 publ. 1866)
= Tragia stylaris var. angustifolia Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 180 (1865)
= Tragia stylaris var. latifolia Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 180 (1865)
species :
Tragia rhodesiae Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 665 (1907)
Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
26 MLW ZAM ZIM
species :
Tragia rhoicifolia Chiov.; Fl. Somala 310 (1929)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Tragia rogersii Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 238 (1912)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
species :
Tragia rupestris Sond.; Linnaea 23: 108 (1850)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia rupestris var. glabrata Sond.; Linnaea 23: 108 (1850)
species :
Tragia sanjappae Chakr. & N.P.Balakr.; Rheedea 16(1): 25 (2006), nom. nov.
Distribution: S-India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia involucrata var. angustifolia Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 5: 465 (1888)
species :
Tragia saxicola Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 702 (1903)
Name: Florida Keys noseburn
Distribution: USA (S-Florida)
78 USA
species :
Tragia schweinfurthii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 308 (1908)
Distribution: South Sudan
24 SSU
species :
Tragia senegalensis Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 34: 182 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; SW-Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI MLI SIE TOG
species :
Tragia sericea I.Montero & Barberá; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 158(3): 375 (2025)
Distribution: Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 EQG GAB ZAI
species :
Tragia shirensis Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 239 (1912)
Distribution: Malawi; Mozambique
26 MLW MOZ
variant :
var. glabriuscula Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 42(2): 399 (1987)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Tragia smallii Shinners; Field & Lab. 24: 37 (1956)
Name: Small´s noseburn
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
77 USA 78 USA
species :
Tragia sonderi Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 337 (1912)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
species :
Tragia spathulata Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 502 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria
22 GHA GUI LBR NGA SIE TOG
species :
Tragia stipularis Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 37(4): 688 (1983)
Distribution: Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia
25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM
species :
Tragia subhastata Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 3: 20, t. 223 (1841)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Tragia subsessilis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 101 (1894)
Distribution: Kenya; N-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Tragia tabulaemontana L.J.Gillespie; Novon 4(4): 333 (1994)
Distribution: French Guiana
82 FRG
species :
Tragia tenuifolia Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 502 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Zimbabwe
22 BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CMN EQG GAB SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA 26 ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia calvescens Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 324 (1909)
= Tragia klingii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 105 (1894)
= Tragia manniana Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 436 (1864)
= Tragia zenkeri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 528 (1897)
species :
Tragia tiverneana Leandri; Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n. s. 21: 65 (1938 publ. 1939)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Tragia tristis Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 410 (1874)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil; Paraguay
84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia tristis f. subvolubilis Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 607 (1905)
= Tragia tristis f. volubilis Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 607 (1905)
species :
Tragia triumfettoides M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 393 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia uberabana Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 417 (1873)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz); SE-Brazil; S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Concepcion, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Lavalleja, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Tacuarembó, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia arechavaletae Herter ex Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 1: 82 (1910)
= Tragia arechavaletae var. cordifolia Herter; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 1: 82 (1911)
= Tragia arechavaletae var. rotundifolia Herter; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 1: 82 (1911)
= Tragia bahiensis var. subsessilis Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 607 (1905)
= Tragia fallacina Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 39 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 53 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis var. canescens Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis var. discolor (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis var. glabrescens Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis var. macrophylla (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia paraguariensis var. subsessilis (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 54 (1919)
= Tragia uberabana var. discolor Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 607 (1905)
= Tragia uberabana var. macrophylla Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 607 (1905)
= Tragia websteri Allem & J.L.Wächt.; Revista Brasil. Biol. 37: 83 (1977)
= Tragia wingei Allem & J.L.Wächt.; Revista Brasil. Biol. 37: 85 (1977)
species :
Tragia ukambensis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 105 (1894)
Distribution: Kenya; ?Tanzania
25 KEN
variant :
var. ugandensis Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 40(1): 234 (1985)
Distribution: Uganda
25 UGA
species :
Tragia uncinata M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 399 (1992)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Tragia urens L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 1391 (1763)
Name: Wavyleaf noseburn (EN)
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Allosandra lanceolata Raf.; Autik. Bot. 51 (1840)
= Leptobotrys discolor Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 478, t. 2 (1858)
= Tragia discolor (Baill.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 946 (1866)
= Tragia discolor f. lanceolata (Michx.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 946 (1866)
= Tragia discolor f. latifolia Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 946 (1866)
= Tragia discolor var. cuneata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 946 (1866)
= Tragia discolor var. linearis (Michx.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 947 (1866)
= Tragia discolor var. subovalis (Michx.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 946 (1866)
= Tragia innocua Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 229 (1788)
= Tragia linearifolia Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 2: 563 (1824)
= Tragia urens var. innocua (Walter) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 58 (1919)
= Tragia urens var. lanceolata Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 175 (1803)
= Tragia urens var. linearis Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 175 (1803)
= Tragia urens var. subovalis Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 175 (1803)
species :
Tragia urticifolia Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 176 (1803)
Name: Nettleleaf noseburn
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Allosandra verbenifolia Raf.; Autik. Bot. 51 (1840)
species :
Tragia vogelii Keay; Kew Bull. [10]: 139 (1955)
Distribution: S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Uganda; Angola
22 BEN BKN IVO NGA 23 CAF CMN 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia angustifolia Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 502 (1849)
species :
Tragia volubilis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 980 (1753)
Name: Cowitch, Female Stinging Nettle, Nettle Vine, Stinging Nettle, Twining Cowitch, Zootee (Trinidad & Tobago); Stinging Vine, Fireman
Distribution: Sierra Leone; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Nariño, Sucre, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guárico, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Táchira, Trujillo); Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Concepcion, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay (Artigas, Rivera, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucumán)
22 BKN GHA IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BBD CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Croton scandens Sieber ex C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 3: 539 (1845)
= Tragia amoena Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 414 (1873)
= Tragia diffusa Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 10 (1825 publ. 1829)
= Tragia gayana Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461 (1858)
= Tragia haguensis Goudot ex Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461 (1858)
= Tragia ibaguensis Goudot ex Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 936 (1866), nom. illeg.
= Tragia infesta Mart. ex D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 256 (1852)
= Tragia monandra Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 461 (1858)
= Tragia ovata Parodi; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 11: 51 (1881)
= Tragia pedicillaris Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 415 (1874)
= Tragia pedunculata P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: 90, t. 54 (1807)
= Tragia plumosa Desf.; Tabl. École Bot. 207 (1804)
= Tragia serra Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 3: 20, t. 223 (1841)
= Tragia triangularis Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 8 (1825 publ. 1829)
= Tragia virgata Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 3: 347 (1823)
= Tragia volubilis var. grandifolia Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 936 (1866)
= Tragia volubilis var. guaranitica Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 5: 608 (1905)
= Tragia volubilis var. lanceolata Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 414 (1874)
= Tragia volubilis var. longifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 49 (1919)
= Tragia volubilis var. pedicellaris (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.IX, Heft 68 (Euph.-Plukenetiinae): 50 (1919)
= Tragia volubilis var. serra (Poepp.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 936 (1866)
= Tragia volubilis var. tenuifolia Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 936 (1866)
= Tragia volubilis var. triangularis (Vell.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 936 (1866)
species :
Tragia wahlbergiana Prain; J. Bot. 51: 169, in adnot. (1913)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Gauteng)
26 MOZ 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia affinis Müll.Arg. ex Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 334 (1912), nom. illeg.
species :
Tragia wildemanii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 82 (1908)
Distribution: Guinea; SW-Mali; SW-Burkina Faso; Central African Republic
22 BKN GUI MLI 23 CAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Tragia akwapimensis Prain; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 235 (1912)
species :
Tragia yucatanensis Millsp.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 420 (1916)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON
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