Euphorbia exigua Linnaeus var. acuta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 456. 1753.

RCN: 3525.

Lectotype (Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 89: 39. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 630.27 (LINN) .

Current name: Euphorbia exigua L. var. exigua ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: As this varietal epithet is associated with the part of the protologue equivalent to E. exigua (rather than the named and unnamed varieties β and γ), it is synonymous with var. exigua, and homotypic with it.