Biology:Euphorbia ipecacuanhae

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Short description: Species of plant

Carolina ipecac
Carolina ipecac.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. ipecacuanhae
Binomial name
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
L. (1753)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaloma ipecacuanhae (L.) Nieuwl. (1912)
  • (L.) Haw. (1812) (Moldenke) Fernald (1948)
  • Moldenke (1948) Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. rubra
  • Euphorbia ipecacuanhae var. portulacoides Moldenke (1949)
  • Euphorbia atrorubens Boiss. (1862)
  • (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke (1860) Vallaris ipecacuanhae
  • Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae (L.) Raf. (1838)
  • Anisophyllum ipecacuanha Engelm. ex Boiss. (1862)
  • (L.) Small (1903) Raf. (1840)
  • Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. linearis Euphorbia ipecacuanhae f. linearis
  • Moldenke (1947) Vallaris ipecacuanhae var. linearifolia
  • Tithymalus ipecacuanhae Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae f. orbiculata

Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, known by the common names of Carolina ipecac, American ipecac, and ipecac spurge, is a member of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to the seaboard of the eastern United States, from South Carolina to Long Island.[2]

Though it is not closely related to its namesake, Carapichea ipecacuanha, it was often used for the same purpose, with the deep taproot used to create a powerful emetic as a local substitute for imported syrup of ipecac.[3]

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