Biology:Metopium
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Metopium | |
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| Metopium toxiferum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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]
- Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb. — black poisonwood
- Metopium gentlei Lundell
- Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb. — Florida poisonwood
- Metopium venosum (Griseb.) Engl. — Cuban poisonwood[5][6]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Metopium P. Browne". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031409.
- ↑ Mitchell, John D. (1990). "The Poisonous Anacardiaceae Genera of the World". Advances in Economic Botany 8: 103–129.
- ↑ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30086862-2, retrieved 27 August 2021
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Poisonwood Trees - Evergreen Arborist Consultants | Certified Tree Arborist". 25 April 2016. http://greenarborists.com/poisonwood-trees/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4291945 entry
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