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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>Newton, L. E.: The identity of <jats:italic>Euphorbia milii</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>breonii,</jats:italic> nom. nud. <jats:italic>(Euphorbiaceae). – Taxon</jats:italic> 43: 85‐87. 1994. – ISSN 0040‐0262.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Euphorbia breonii</jats:italic> Nois. is a superfluous renaming of <jats:italic>E. milii</jats:italic> Des Moul. <jats:italic>E. milii</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>breonii</jats:italic> Ursch & Leandri is an invalidly published nomen nudum, excluding the type of its epithet‐bringing synonym. The taxon known today as <jats:italic>“E. milii</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>breonii”</jats:italic> is sufficiently close to <jats:italic>E. milii</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>hislopii</jats:italic> (N. E. Br.) Ursch & Leandri to be regarded as a mere variant of it. A lectotype is designated for <jats:italic>E. milii</jats:italic> Des Moul.</jats:p>