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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Acalypha australis L.

Asian copperleaf

Euphorbiaceae 13 11 Observations

Acalypha grandis Benth.

 

Euphorbiaceae 1 1 Observation

Acalypha hispida Burm.f.

Philippine-medusa

Euphorbiaceae 632 472 Observations

Acalypha indica L.

Indian acalypha

Euphorbiaceae 192 154 Observations

Acalypha siamensis Oliv. ex Gage

Wild tea

Euphorbiaceae 16 7 Observations

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg.

Copper leaf

Euphorbiaceae 1,232 896 Observations

Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Müll.Arg.

Alchorntree

Euphorbiaceae 3 1 Observation

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.

Indian walnut

Euphorbiaceae 16 11 Observations

Croton tiglium L.

Purging croton

Euphorbiaceae 9 3 Observations

Euphorbia atoto G.Forst.

 

Euphorbiaceae 8 4 Observations

Euphorbia cyathophora Murray

Dwarf poinsettia

Euphorbiaceae 210 168 Observations

Euphorbia heterophylla L.

Japanese poinsettia

Euphorbiaceae 325 233 Observations

Euphorbia hirta L.

Asthmaplant

Euphorbiaceae 460 349 Observations

Euphorbia neriifolia L.

Hedge euphorbia

Euphorbiaceae 141 97 Observations

Euphorbia prostrata Aiton

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbiaceae 769 552 Observations

Euphorbia thymifolia L.

Chickenweed

Euphorbiaceae 25 10 Observations

Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Fire Sticks

Euphorbiaceae 1,415 1,195 Observations

Excoecaria agallocha L.

River poisontree

Euphorbiaceae 42 32 Observations

Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.

Sambhung ḍârâ

Euphorbiaceae 70 51 Observations

Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.

Para rubber

Euphorbiaceae 127 60 Observations

Homalanthus populneus (Geiseler) Pax

Spurge

Euphorbiaceae 8 4 Observations

Homonoia riparia Lour.

Willow-leaved water croton

Euphorbiaceae 1 1 Observation

Jatropha curcas L.

Physicnut

Euphorbiaceae 326 228 Observations

Jatropha gossypiifolia L.

Cotton-leaf physicnut

Euphorbiaceae 503 371 Observations

Jatropha multifida L.

Coralplant

Euphorbiaceae 517 397 Observations

Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.

 

Euphorbiaceae 31 27 Observations

Macaranga gigantea (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.

 

Euphorbiaceae 1 1 Observation

Macaranga grandifolia (Blanco) Merr.

Coraltree

Euphorbiaceae 4 1 Observation

Macaranga indica Wight

 

Euphorbiaceae 3 3 Observations

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg.

Heartleaf

Euphorbiaceae 70 47 Observations

Mallotus barbatus Müll.Arg.

 

Euphorbiaceae 26 17 Observations

Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.Arg.

Kamala tree

Euphorbiaceae 24 15 Observations

Mallotus repandus (Willd.) Müll.Arg.

 

Euphorbiaceae 3 3 Observations

Manihot esculenta Crantz

Cassava

Euphorbiaceae 658 506 Observations

Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. & Zoll.

 

Euphorbiaceae 4 3 Observations

Reutealis trisperma (Blanco) Airy Shaw

Banucalag-nut

Euphorbiaceae 7 3 Observations

Ricinus communis L.

Castor-oil-plant

Euphorbiaceae 6,566 5,308 Observations

Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.

Chinese Tallow

Euphorbiaceae 4 3 Observations

Suregada glomerulata (Blume) Baill.

 

Euphorbiaceae 8 3 Observations

Suregada multiflora (A.Juss.) Baill.

 

Euphorbiaceae 2 2 Observations

Triadica sebifera (L.) Small

Popcorntree

Euphorbiaceae 368 289 Observations