Biology:Metopium

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Metopium
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Metopium toxiferum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Metopium
P.Browne[1]
Type species
Metopium brownei
(Jacq.) Urb.[2]
Species

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Metopium or poisonwood is a genus of flowering plants in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae.[1] They are dioecious trees with poisonous sap that can induce contact dermatitis.[3]

Taxonomy

Species

(As of August 2021), Plants of the World online has 4 accepted species:[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Metopium P.Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7517. 
  2. "Metopium P. Browne". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031409. 
  3. Mitchell, John D. (1990). "The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World". Advances in Economic Botany 8: 103–129. 
  4. Kew Science Plants of the World Online, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30086862-2, retrieved 27 August 2021 
  5. "GRIN Species Records of Metopium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7517. 
  6. "Poisonwood Trees - Evergreen Arborist Consultants | Certified Tree Arborist". 25 April 2016. http://greenarborists.com/poisonwood-trees/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4291945 entry