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Euphorbiaceae

Specimens Compton Herbarium

Certain members of the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family produces toxins. Latex from the following species, Euphorbia ingens and E. cooperi, the two largest succulent trees in South Africa, can cause blindness.

46% Validated

100% Transcribed

500 Tasks

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Poaceae 14

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

1% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae 3

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae 5

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 11

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae 4

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 17

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 12

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

2% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 11

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

3% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 15

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

3% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 9

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

3% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 11

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

3% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

3% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 13

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

4% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae 2

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

4% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

4% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 10

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

5% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae 6

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

6% Transcribed

343 Tasks

Asteraceae 12

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

6% Transcribed

115 Tasks

Poaceae 16

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

6% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 6

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

9% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 7

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

12% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 3

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

1% Validated

17% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 12

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

19% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 7

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

2% Validated

22% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 13

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

2% Validated

22% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 14

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

6% Validated

22% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 8

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

22% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 4

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

23% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae 4

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

25% Transcribed

159 Tasks

Poaceae

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

8% Validated

29% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 5

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

31% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 8

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

31% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

34% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 5

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

40% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 10

Specimens Bews Herbarium

1% Validated

44% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Crassulaceae

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

46% Transcribed

250 Tasks

Asteraceae 6

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

47% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 10

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

50% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 4

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

52% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 21

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

3% Validated

53% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 22

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

53% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 33

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

53% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 29

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

53% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 31

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

53% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 36

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

54% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 14

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

55% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 27

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

55% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 30

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

55% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 16

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

56% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 19

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

57% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 24

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

57% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 15

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

58% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 25

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

58% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 11

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

2% Validated

62% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

62% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 37

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

62% Transcribed

129 Tasks

Poaceae 2

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

9% Validated

63% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 18

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

3% Validated

63% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 28

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

63% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae 7

Specimens Compton Herbarium

36% Validated

65% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 23

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

67% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 26

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

70% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 3

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

8% Validated

70% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae 2

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

73% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 34

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

74% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 32

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

77% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Iridaceae 5

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

7% Validated

84% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Iridaceae 12

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

85% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Poaceae 3

Specimens Bews Herbarium

0% Validated

86% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 2

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

86% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae 3

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

0% Validated

92% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 5

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

93% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Megachilidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

58% Validated

96% Transcribed

113 Tasks

Colletidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

20% Validated

96% Transcribed

386 Tasks

Unidentified bees

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

72% Validated

96% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Andrenidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

17% Validated

97% Transcribed

321 Tasks

Iridaceae 2

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

19% Validated

98% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Melittidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

47% Validated

98% Transcribed

72 Tasks

Halictidae 2

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

74% Validated

98% Transcribed

71 Tasks

Apidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

12% Validated

98% Transcribed

99 Tasks

Euphorbiaceae 4

Specimens Compton Herbarium

45% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Iridaceae 6

Specimens Bolus Herbarium

17% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Euryphyminae

Specimens Agricultural Research Council

88% Validated

99% Transcribed

116 Tasks

Halictidae

Specimens Ditsong Natural History Museum

35% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Lentulidae

Specimens Agricultural Research Council

95% Validated

99% Transcribed

348 Tasks

Asteraceae 8

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 9

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

1% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 17

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

0% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

Asteraceae 20

Specimens Selmar Schonland Herbarium

7% Validated

99% Transcribed

500 Tasks

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