World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Desmonema hirta (L.) Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 178 (1833).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Euphorbia hirta L., Sp. Pl.: 454 (1753).
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
* Euphorbia hirta L., Sp. Pl.: 454 (1753). Ditrita hirta (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 115 (1838). Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 303 (1909). Euphorbia pilulifera var. hirta (L.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 425 (1917). Euphorbia hirta var. typica L.C.Wheeler, Contr. Gray Herb. 127: 68 (1939), not validly publ. * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts