Biology:Cnidoscolus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cnidoscolus | |
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| Cnidoscolus souzae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Manihoteae |
| Genus: | Cnidoscolus Pohl[1] |
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Cnidoscolus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[5][3] The group is widespread across much of North and South America, including the West Indies.[4][6][7][8][9][10]
The name is derived from the Greek words κνίδη (knide), meaning "nettle," and σκόλοψ (skolops), meaning "thorn" or "prickle."[11]
- Species[4]
- formerly included[4]
- C. obtusifolius - Jatropha mutabilis
- C. surinamensis - Astraea lobata
References
- ↑ "Genus: Cnidoscolus Pohl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-04-13. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2729.
- ↑ lectotype designated by Small in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 2: 462 (1913)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Cnidoscolus Pohl
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel. 1827. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 1(2[–3]): 56–60[–63], pl. 49–50[–52]. in Latin
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ↑ González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394.
- ↑ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=eS7lX_rC3GEC.
- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN:0-89672-614-2
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2711979 entry
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