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Euphorbia duckei is a species of spurge from northern Brazil, known from limited herbarium records. It is not a widely cultivated plant, so care guidance is based on general knowledge of tropical Euphorbia species.
Euphorbia duckei is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. This species was first described by Léon Croizat as Chamaesyce duckei, and received its current name from Robertus Cornelis Hilarius Maria Oudejans in 1989. It is found in northern Brazil. The holotype specimen was collected by Adolpho Ducke and is held at the Harvard University Herbarium.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euphorbia duckei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
