| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Malpighiales | A broad group encompassing 16,000 species |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia or spurge family |
| Genus | Euphorbia | An extremely diverse-looking genus of mostly tropical and subtropical succulent plants. For Euphorbus, corpulent Greek physician of Juba II, King of Mauretania. Literally, “euphorbia” means “well-fed” |
| Species | caput-medusae | |
Euphorbia caput-medusae var. geminata Aiton
Euphorbia caput-medusae var. major Aiton
Euphorbia commelinii DC.
Euphorbia fructuspini Mill.
Euphorbia geminata (Aiton) Marloth ex A.C.White
R.A.Dyer & B.Sloane [Illegitimate]
Euphorbia medusae Panz.
Euphorbia parvimamma Boiss.
Euphorbia tessellata (Haw.) Steud.
Medusea fructus-pini Haw.
Medusea major Haw.
Medusea tessellata Haw.
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