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| name = ''Euphorbia milii''
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| status = DD
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Euphorbia Milii flowers.jpg
 
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| familia = Euphorbiaceae
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
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| genus = Euphorbia
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| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
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| species = milii
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| genus = ''[[Euphorbia]]''
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| species = '''''E. milii'''''
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| binomial = ''Euphorbia milii''
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Euphorbia milii (Euphorbia splendens, Bojer.) Crown Of Thorns. Ste. 3-4 ft. long, ½-1 in. thick, somewhat climbing, covered with stout spines about an inch long: Lvs. few, on the young growth, obovate to oblong-spatulate, thin, bright green, 1-2 in. long: cyathia in long-peduncled dichotomous cymes, near the ends of the branches, each closely subtended by 2 broadly ovate bright red bracts. Madagascar. Flowering all the year but mostly in winter.—Coolhouse plant. The red bracts in the green Lvs. on the sinuous spiny sts. are very striking. It can be trained into ornamental forms. The seedlings have larger sts. and Lvs. and double spines, a smaller one below each of the ordinary ones.
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'''''Euphorbia milii''''' ('''Crown-of-thorns''' or '''Christ Plant''') is a species of ''[[Euphorbia]]'' native to [[Madagascar]].
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==Cultivation==
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It is a [[succulent]] climbing [[shrub]] growing to 1.8 m tall, with densely spiny stems, the straight, slender spines up to 3 cm long, which help it scramble over other plants. The [[leaf|leaves]] are obovate, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-like [[bract]]s, variably red, pink or white, up to 12 mm broad.<ref name="rhs">Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. ISBN 0-333-47494-5</ref>
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===Propagation===
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===Varieties===
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It is a variable species, and several [[variety (biology)|varieties]] have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors.<ref name="rhs"/>
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==Species==
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It is a variable species, and several [[variety (biology)|varieties]] have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors.<ref name="rhs"/>{{wp}}
 
[[Image:Euphorbia milii var.milii.JPG|250px|right|thumb|''Euphorbia milii var.milii'']]
 
[[Image:Euphorbia milii var.milii.JPG|250px|right|thumb|''Euphorbia milii var.milii'']]
  
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*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''bevilaniensis''{{wp}}
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*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''bevilaniensis'' <small> ([[Croizat]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small>
 
 
*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''hislopii'' <small> ([[N.E.Br.]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small> (syn. ''E. hislopii'')
 
*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''hislopii'' <small> ([[N.E.Br.]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small> (syn. ''E. hislopii'')
 
*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''imperatae'' <small> ([[Leandri]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small>
 
*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''imperatae'' <small> ([[Leandri]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small>
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*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''vulcanii'' <small> ([[Leandri]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small>
 
*''Euphorbia milii'' var. ''vulcanii'' <small> ([[Leandri]]) [[Ursch]] & [[Leandri]] 1955</small>
  
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==Trivia==
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==Gallery==
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[[Wat Phrik]] in the [[Amphoe Mueang Phitsanulok|Phitsanulok District]] of [[Phitsanulok Province]], [[Thailand]] claims to be the home of the world's tallest Christ plant.
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<ref name="ThaiTambon.com">[http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/ttambon.asp?ID=650104 ThaiTambon.com]</ref>
 
  
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==References==
 
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Image:Euphorbia milii var. splendens, flower.jpg|''Euphorbia milii var. splendens''
 
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 1 October 2009


Euphorbia Milii flowers.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
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Scientific Names

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Read about Euphorbia milii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Euphorbia milii (Euphorbia splendens, Bojer.) Crown Of Thorns. Ste. 3-4 ft. long, ½-1 in. thick, somewhat climbing, covered with stout spines about an inch long: Lvs. few, on the young growth, obovate to oblong-spatulate, thin, bright green, 1-2 in. long: cyathia in long-peduncled dichotomous cymes, near the ends of the branches, each closely subtended by 2 broadly ovate bright red bracts. Madagascar. Flowering all the year but mostly in winter.—Coolhouse plant. The red bracts in the green Lvs. on the sinuous spiny sts. are very striking. It can be trained into ornamental forms. The seedlings have larger sts. and Lvs. and double spines, a smaller one below each of the ordinary ones. CH


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Species

It is a variable species, and several varieties have been described; some of these are treated as distinct species by some authors.[1]wp

File:Euphorbia milii var.milii.JPG
Euphorbia milii var.milii

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  • Euphorbia milii var. splendens

  • Euphorbia milii var. vulcanii

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