Mercurialis (plant)

Mercurialis is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, the spurges, known commonly as the mercuries. These are slender herbs (forbs), rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia.


 * Species
 * 1) Mercurialis annua L. – most of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (from Turkey to Iran and Qatar), and islands of the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, etc.)
 * 2) Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris – Canary Islands
 * 3) Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik – Corsica, Sardinia
 * 4) Mercurialis elliptica Lam. – Spain, Portugal, Morocco
 * 5) Mercurialis huetii Hanry – Spain, France, Morocco
 * 6) Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc. – China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal
 * 7) Mercurialis × longifolia Lam. – Spain, Portugal, France   (M. annua × M. tomentosa)
 * 8) Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe – C + E Europe and SW Asia from Germany + Italy to Russia + Syria
 * 9) Mercurialis × paxii Graebn. – C + E Europe from Germany to Crimea  (M. ovata × M. perennis)
 * 10) Mercurialis perennis L. – most of Europe plus Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
 * 11) Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy – Spain, Morocco
 * 12) Mercurialis tomentosa L. – Spain, Portugal, France, Balearic Islands

transferred to other genera (Acalypha Adenocline Claoxylon Leidesia Micrococca Seidelia Speranskia ) • # M. abyssinica – Micrococca mercurialis
 * formerly included

• # M. acanthocarpa – Speranskia cantonensis

• # M. alternifolia Lam. 1797 not Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 – Micrococca mercurialis

• # M. alternifolia Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 not Lam. 1797 – Acalypha hochstetteriana

• # M. androgyna – Leidesia procumbens

• # M. angustifolia – Claoxylon angustifolium

• # M. australis – Claoxylon australe

• # M. bupleuroides – Adenocline pauciflora var. bupleuroides

• # M. caffra – Adenocline acuta

• # M. capensis – Leidesia procumbens

• # M. cucullata – Acalypha segetalis

• # M. dregeana – Adenocline acuta

• # M. indica – Claoxylon hainanense

• # M. pauciflora – Adenocline pauciflora

• # M. procumbens – Leidesia procumbens

• # M. pumila – Seidelia triandra

• # M. serrata – Adenocline pauciflora var. ovalifolia

• # M. subcordata – Adenocline acuta

• # M. tenella – Adenocline pauciflora var. tenella

• # M. tenerifolia – Claoxylon tenerifolium

• # M. triandra – Seidelia triandra

• # M. tricocca Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 not E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 – Leidesia procumbens

• # M. tricocca E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 not Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 – Adenocline violifolia

• # M. violifolia – Adenocline violifolia

• # M. Mercurialis zeyheri – Adenocline pauciflora var. transiens