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Euphorbia canescens L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 652 (1762); C. vulgaris Prokh. (1941);
Euphorbia chamaesyce L. subsp. chamaesyce var. chamaesyce]
Uncultivated disturbed ground, gardens and road edges. – Throughout the region. – C.
1162. Chamaesyce massiliensis (DC.) Galushko in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 299
(1974) [Bas. Euphorbia massiliensis DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Franç. éd. 3, 5: 357
(1815); E. chamaesyce L. subsp. massiliensis (DC.) Thell. in Asch. & Graebn., Syn.
Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 457 (1917)]
Uncultivated disturbed ground, gardens and road edges. – Sicilia (Fiori 1926: 170, Fl. Europ. 2:
216 (1968). – C.
1163. Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small, Fl. South E. U.S.: 713 (1903) [Euphorbia macu-
lata L., Sp. Pl.: 455 (1753); E. thymifolia Arcang. (1894) et Auct. Fl. Ital. non Burm.;
E. reichenbachiana Lojac.]
Paved, ballast, uncultivated disturbed ground. – Throughout the region. – CC.

1164. Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small, Fl. South E. U.S. : 713 (1903) [Euphorbia
prostrata Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 2: 139 (1789); E. perforata Guss. (1827)]
Naturalized in disturbed habitat. – Throughout the region, scattered. – NC.
* Chamaesyce serpens (Kunth) Small, Fl. South E. U.S.: 709 (1903) [Euphorbia serpens
Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 52 (1817); ?incl. E. pinnulosa
Lojac. (1904)]
Doubtful. Difficult for the missing references by Lojacono (1904: sub E. pinnulosa).
* Chamaesyce libassii (Lojac.) Giardina & Raimondo comb. nov. [Bas. Euphorbia libas-
sii Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2 (2): 329 (1904)]
Doubtful. Unica stazione a Porto Empedocle (Todaro) (Lojacono 1904).
1165. Euphorbia dendroides L., Sp. Pl.: 462 (1753)
Limestone cliffs and slopes. – Everywhere on the coastland and hills. – CC.
1166. Euphorbia heterophylla L. [E. geniculata Ortega]
Disturbed ground. – Reported from F. Oreto and Contrada Romagnolo (Palermo) (Trapani
1962).

1167. Euphorbia serrata L., Sp. Pl.: 459 (1753)
Uncultivated land, scrubland, dry localities. – Pantelleria (Lojacono 1904); Pantelleria: solo in
Contrada Midichi (Di Martino 1963); M. Pellegrino presso Palermo (Di Martino 1974), perhaps
extinct, to be verified; M. Pellegrino: Strada del Santuario presso Acquasanta (Raimondo ed.
1992); Camporotondo a Piano Tavola (Giardina 1995 b); Mazara del Vallo (Spadaro 2007) – RR.

1168. Euphorbia corallioides L., Sp. Pl.: 460 (1753)
E– Wet and shady ravines, woods. – Messina, Mandanici, Cannata, Floresta, Caronia, Milo
(Gussone 1827); ?D: Foce del San Leonardo (Furnari & Ronsisvalle 1971); Sicilia di NE,
Madonie, Acquasanta (Raimondo & al. 1994). – NC.
* Euphorbia lagascae Spreng., Neue Entd. 2: 115 (1821)
Wet clayey meadows. – Sicily, locality not well defined (Lojacono 1904); not confirmed report
for the Messina area (Pignatti 1982, 2: 37). – ?RR.