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	Euphorbia characias  L.

Fam.: Euphorbiaceae / Spurge Fam.

Genus:  Euphorbia  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Euphorbia:		Euforbos, physician of king Juba II. of Mauritania (1st century BC), found a healing Euphorbia
	characias:		Greek name of an Euphorbia

Fig. 1:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Akrokorinth 18.1.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 2:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Akrokorinth 18.1.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 3:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Akrokorinth 20.3.2012 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 4:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Akrokorinth 17.11.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 5:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Parnitha 22.3.2019

Fig. 6:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Parnitha 22.3.2019

Fig. 7:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge GR Parnitha 22.3.2019

Fig. 8:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Crete, Andiskari 1.1.1999

Fig. 9:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 10:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 11:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 12:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Crete, Spili 5.4.2015

Fig. 13:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 14:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 15:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016

Fig. 16:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023

Fig. 17:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023

Fig. 18:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023

Fig. 19:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023

Fig. 20:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Croatia, Šibenik 2.4.2006

Fig. 21:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 1.5.1985

Fig. 22:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 1.5.1985

Fig. 23:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Majorca, Lluc 24.4.2011

Fig. 24:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge Majorca, Alaro 7.4.2012

Fig. 25:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge I Liguria, Castillo di Zuccarello 19.5.2013

Fig. 26:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge F Martigues 8.10.2021

Fig. 27:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006

Fig. 28:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge D Heidelberg 10.11.2021

Fig. 29:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge D Heidelberg 10.11.2021

Fig. 30:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge (cultiv.) D St. Martin an der Weinstraße 23.2.2022

Fig. 31:  Euphorbia characias / Large Mediterranean Spurge (cultiv.) D St. Martin an der Weinstraße 23.2.2022

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