Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae
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.[3] [4] [5]
Species[3] 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.)
Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris – Canary Islands
Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik – Corsica, Sardinia
Mercurialis elliptica Lam. – Spain, Portugal, Morocco
Mercurialis huetii Hanry – Spain, France, Morocco
Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc. – China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal
Mercurialis × longifolia Lam. – Spain, Portugal, France (M. annua × M. tomentosa)
Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe – C + E Europe and SW Asia from Germany + Italy to Russia + Syria
Mercurialis × paxii Graebn. – C + E Europe from Germany to Crimea (M. ovata × M. perennis)
Mercurialis perennis L. – most of Europe plus Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy – Spain, Morocco
Mercurialis tomentosa L. – Spain, Portugal, France, Balearic Islandsformerly included[3] transferred to other genera (Acalypha Adenocline Claoxylon Leidesia Micrococca Seidelia Speranskia )
M. abyssinica – Micrococca mercurialis
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