Galapagos Species Database
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Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora
Mexican fire plant, dwarf poinsettia, fire on the mountain
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Species
heterophylla
Subspecies
var. cyathophora
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Euphorbia cyathophora Murray (POWO, 2022)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20330. Accessed 5 November 2026.