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Euphorbia thymifolia
Red Caustic-creeper
As recorded: Euphorbia thymifolia L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.R.S. Cowan →Harold St.John →
- Collector number
- 21921
- Date
- September 2, 1946
- Locality
- village, boat landing
- Island
- Utirik Atoll
- Region
- Marshall Islands
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 2, 1946, St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S. also collected 13 other specimens.
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Bryophyta
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Ceodes grandis
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Gossypium barbadense
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Ipomoea violacea
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Ochrosia oppositifolia
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Ocimum basilicum
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Soulamea amara
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Terminalia samoensis
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Thuarea involuta
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Euphorbia thymifolia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,559 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
XWVW+P87, Riberalta, Bolivia
(c) Vincent A. Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-27
Grand Port, MU
(c) r_rombach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Ciudad del Carmen, Camp., MX
(c) Juliette Acuña, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
South St + Halekauwila St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-17
No. 20, Lüdao Township, Taitung County, Taiwan 951
(c) Peri Lee Pipkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
San Juan, PR, US
(c) amigomz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Euphorbia thymifolia. BISH 422042. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956425690. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/422042.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956425690 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026