Euphorbus (physician)

Euphorbus was the Greek physician of Juba II. He wrote that a succulent plant discovered in the Atlas mountains was a powerful laxative. In 12 BC, Juba named this plant Euphorbia, after his physician Euphorbus. In response, Augustus dedicated a statue to Antonius Musas, Augustus's own personal physician and Euphorbus' brother.

Botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honor.