Ryan HodnettOct 14, 2023

Spurge (Euphorbia sp.)
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#Spurge #Euphorbia #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Spurges #Bloomscrolling #Florespondence #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

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RashaKamelJul 25, 2023

"The spurge family, or Euphorbiaceae, includes economically valuable plants like the rubber tree, castor oil plant, poinsettia and cassava. Newly identified fossils found in Argentina suggest that a group of spurges took a trip of their own tens of millions of years ago".

#fossils #rubber #spurges #plant #euphorbiaceae
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996654

Spurge purge: Plant fossils reveal ancient South America-to-Asia ‘escape route’

Newly identified plant fossils found in Argentina suggest that a group of spurges long thought to have Asian origins may have first appeared in Gondwanan South America.

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