Euphorbia tithymaloides Linnaeus var. myrtifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 453. 1753.

RCN: 3503.

Lectotype (Dressler in Contr. Gray Herb. 182: 138. 1957): [icon] "Tithymalus Curassavicus Myrti folius" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 1: 31, t. 16. 1697.

Current name: Euphorbia tithymaloides L. ( Euphorbiaceae).