Biology:Cnidoscolus angustidens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cnidoscolus angustidens
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Cnidoscolus
Species:
C. angustidens
Binomial name
Cnidoscolus angustidens
Torr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Jatropha angustidens (Torr.) Müll.Arg.
  • Cnidoscolus pringlei I.M.Johnst.
  • Jatropha pringlei (I.M.Johnst.) Standl.
  • Jatropha calyculata Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Cnidoscolus calyculatus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) I.M.Johnst.,
  • Cnidoscolus orbiculatus Lundell

Cnidoscolus angustidens, with the common name mala mujer, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

It is native to the Sonoran Desert mountains of southeastern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico, and further south in Mexico.[2][1][3]:56

"Mala mujer" is Spanish for "bad woman", referring to its stinging hairs which cause severe contact dermatitis.

Subspecies[1]
  1. Cnidoscolus angustidens subsp. angustidens - Arizona, Mexico
  2. Cnidoscolus angustidens subsp. calyculatus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Breckon ex Fern.Casas - Michoacán
  3. Cnidoscolus angustidens subsp. dentatus Breckon ex Fern.Casas - Jalisco, Guerrero, Puebla
  4. Cnidoscolus angustidens subsp. orbiculatus (Lundell) Breckon ex Fern.Casas - C + S Mexico

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ITIS Standard Report Page: Cnidoscolus angustidens
  3. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN:9780762773688

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15356419 entry