Euphorbia dendroides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 462. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Creta, Insulis Staechadum." RCN: 3553.

Lectotype (Molero & Rovira in Taxon 54: 472. 2005): Herb. Burser XVI(2): 32 (UPS) .

Current name: Euphorbia dendroides L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Although Carter (in Eggli, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl., Dicots: 132.2002) indicated 630.89 (LINN) as type, this was published after 1 Jan 2001 and so the omission of the phrase "designated here" or an equivalent (Art. 7.11) means that this choice is not effective. The collection is not, in any case, original material for the name, as noted by Molero & Rovira.