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    Chamaesyce peplis  (L.) PROKH.    
 

Fam.: Euphorbiaceae / Spurge Fam.  

Synon.:  Euphorbia peplis  L.

Genus:  Chamaesyce  GRAY,  Euphorbia  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   PROKH.:  Jaroslav Ivanovic Prokhanov (1902 - 1964), Russian botanist
   GRAY:  Samuel Frederick Gray (1766 - 1828), British pharmacologist and botanist
 

Etymology:
   Chamaesyce:   chamai = low, sykon = fig
   peplis:   Roman plant name
   Euphorbia:   Euforbos, physician of king Juba II. of Mauritania (1st century BC), found a healing Euphorbia
 

Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Parga 24.8.2007
Fig. 1:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Parga 24.8.2007
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Parga 24.8.2007
Fig. 2:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Parga 24.8.2007
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Parga 24.8.2007
Fig. 3:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Parga 24.8.2007
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Parga 24.8.2007
Fig. 4:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Parga 24.8.2007
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kanatadika 28.8.2017
Fig. 5:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kanatadika 28.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Fig. 6:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Fig. 7:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Fig. 8:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kalianou 29.8.2014
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Fig. 9:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Fig. 10:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Fig. 11:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Fig. 12:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Fig. 13:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
GR Euboea (Evia), Kavos 26.8.2017
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, Corsica Porto 28.5.2010
Fig. 14:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
Corsica, Porto 28.5.2010
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, Corsica Porto 28.5.2010
Fig. 15:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
Corsica, Porto 28.5.2010
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, F Canet-en-Roussillon 9.8.2018
Fig. 16:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
F Canet-en-Roussillon 9.8.2018
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, F Canet-en-Roussillon 27.7.2018
Fig. 17:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
F Canet-en-Roussillon 27.7.2018
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, F Canet-en-Roussillon 27.7.2018
Fig. 18:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
F Canet-en-Roussillon 27.7.2018
Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge, E Andalusia, Playa Zahora 16.11.2009 (Photo: Axel Hirsch)
Fig. 19:  Chamaesyce peplis / Purple Spurge
E Andalusia, Playa Zahora 16.11.2009 (Photo: Axel Hirsch)

 


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