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|accepted_name=Euphorbia rayturneri
|accepted_authority=V. W. Steinmann & Jercinovic
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novon
|place=22: 482, figs. 1, 2. 2013
|year=2013
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Euphorbia;Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum;Euphorbia rayturneri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euphorbia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euphorbia rayturneri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 253
|treatment_page=page 286
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with slender taproot. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, 4–8 cm, uniformly strigillose. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; stipules distinct, filiform, 0.6–0.9 mm, pilose; petiole 0.5–0.9 mm, strigillose; blade ovate to elliptic, often slightly falcate, 5–11 × 2–5 mm, base asymmetric, one side cordate, other round to attenuate, margins sharply serrulate, apex acute, surfaces often with red spot toward middle, abaxial surface strigillose, adaxial surface glabrescent; only midvein conspicuous. <b>Cyathia</b> solitary at distal nodes; peduncle 0.5–1.6 mm. <b>Involucre</b> obconic, 0.9–1.2 × 0.8–1.2 mm, strigillose; glands 4, green, yellow, or light pink, circular to oblong, 0.2 × 0.2–0.3 mm; appendages absent or green, yellow, or light pink, forming narrow margin on distal portion of gland, 0–0.1 × 0.2–0.3 mm, distal margin entire. <b>Staminate</b> flowers 5–8. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary strigillose-canescent; styles 0.3–0.4 mm, unbranched. <b>Capsules</b> oblate, 1.7–2 × 2.2–2.7 mm, strigillose; columella 1.5–1.9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> blackish brown, broadly ovoid, 3-angled in cross section, 1.2–1.4 × 1–1.1 mm, with 2 well-defined transverse ridges that do not pass through abaxial keel. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Desert grasslands.
|elevation=1400–1700 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.
|discussion=<p><i>Euphorbia rayturneri</i> is known from only three collections in extreme southwestern New Mexico. Given its close proximity to the Mexican border, the species may also occur in the adjacent states of Chihuahua or Sonora.</p>
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name=Euphorbia rayturneri
|author=
|authority=V. W. Steinmann & Jercinovic
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Desert grasslands.
|elevation=1400–1700 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Novon
|publication year=2013
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_6.xml
|genus=Euphorbia
|section=Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum
|species=Euphorbia rayturneri
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