Euphorbia tithymaloides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 453. 1753.

"Habitat in Curassao." RCN: 3503.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 198, Euphorbia 10 (BM) .

Current name: Euphorbia tithymaloides L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Croizat (in Caldasia 2: 134. 1943) and Dressler (in Contr. Gray Herb. 182: 138, 147. 1957) designated different neotypes for this name but a neotype cannot be designated where original material (in this case, a Clifford sheet) is in existence.