Cnidoscolus

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Cnidoscolus
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Cnidoscolus souzae
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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]
Synonyms [2]
  • BivoneaRaf.
  • JussieuiaHoust.
  • VictoriniaLéon

Cnidoscolus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1827. [3] [4] The group is widespread across much of North and South America, including the West Indies. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

The name is derived from the Greek words κνίδη (knide), meaning "nettle," and σκόλοψ (skolops), meaning "thorn" or "prickle." [10]

Species [2]
  1. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius - Mexico, Central America
  2. Cnidoscolus acrandrus - Dominican Rep
  3. Cnidoscolus aculeatissimus - Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
  4. Cnidoscolus adenoblepharus - Bahia
  5. Cnidoscolus adenochlamys - N Brazil, the Guianas
  6. Cnidoscolus aequatoriensis - Ecuador
  7. Cnidoscolus albibracteatus - Guerrero
  8. Cnidoscolus albidus - NE Mexico
  9. Cnidoscolus albomaculatus - Paraguay, S Brazil, NE Argentina
  10. Cnidoscolus angustidens - Mexico, Arizona
  11. Cnidoscolus appendiculatus - Paraguay, Misiones
  12. Cnidoscolus aurelii - Tocantins
  13. Cnidoscolus autlanensis - Jalisco
  14. Cnidoscolus bahianus - Brazil
  15. Cnidoscolus basiacanthus - Peru
  16. Cnidoscolus beckii - Bolivia
  17. Cnidoscolus bellator - W Cuba
  18. Cnidoscolus byssinus - Bahia
  19. Cnidoscolus cajamarcensis - Peru
  20. Cnidoscolus calcareus - Mato Grosso do Sul
  21. Cnidoscolus calyptratus - Goiás
  22. Cnidoscolus calyptrodontus - Bahia
  23. Cnidoscolus ceballosii - Bahia
  24. Cnidoscolus cervii - Mato Grosso do Sul
  25. Cnidoscolus conicus - Minas Gerais
  26. Cnidoscolus diacanthus - Peru
  27. Cnidoscolus egregius - Puebla, Oaxaca
  28. Cnidoscolus elasticus - N + C Mexico
  29. Cnidoscolus fimbriatus - Venezuela
  30. Cnidoscolus froesii - Brazil
  31. Cnidoscolus graminifolius - Tocantins
  32. Cnidoscolus guatimalensis - Guatemala
  33. Cnidoscolus halteris - Pernambuco, Bahia
  34. Cnidoscolus hamosus - E Brazil
  35. Cnidoscolus hypokerinus - Bahia
  36. Cnidoscolus hypoleucus - Peru
  37. Cnidoscolus inaequalis - Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul
  38. Cnidoscolus infestus - E Brazil
  39. Cnidoscolus jaenensis - Peru
  40. Cnidoscolus kunthianus - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
  41. Cnidoscolus leuconeurus - Paraguay
  42. Cnidoscolus liebmannii - Puebla
  43. Cnidoscolus liesneri - Cajamarca
  44. Cnidoscolus loasoides - Paraguay, NE Argentina
  45. Cnidoscolus lombardii - Minas Gerais
  46. Cnidoscolus longibracteatus - Guatemala
  47. Cnidoscolus longipes - Colombia
  48. Cnidoscolus maculatus - Baja California Sur, Sonora, Colima
  49. Cnidoscolus magni-gerdtii - Bahia
  50. Cnidoscolus maracayensis - Canindeyú
  51. Cnidoscolus matosii - E Cuba
  52. Cnidoscolus megacanthus - Oaxaca, Central America
  53. Cnidoscolus minarum - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  54. Cnidoscolus mitis - Mato Grosso
  55. Cnidoscolus monicanus - Michoacán
  56. Cnidoscolus monsanto - Bahia
  57. Cnidoscolus multilobus - Mexico, Central America
  58. Cnidoscolus oligandrus - SE Brazil
  59. Cnidoscolus orientensis - Bolivia
  60. Cnidoscolus palmeri - Baja California Sur, Sonora
  61. Cnidoscolus paucistamineus - Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
  62. Cnidoscolus pavonianus - Peru
  63. Cnidoscolus piranii - Bahia
  64. Cnidoscolus populifolius - Bahia
  65. Cnidoscolus pteroneurus - Paraguay
  66. Cnidoscolus pubescens - Brazil
  67. Cnidoscolus pyrophorus - Peru
  68. Cnidoscolus quercifolius - E Brazil
  69. Cnidoscolus rangel - Pinar del Río
  70. Cnidoscolus regina - Sierra Sagua Baracoa in Cuba
  71. Cnidoscolus rostratus - C + SW Mexico
  72. Cnidoscolus rotundifolius - NE Mexico
  73. Cnidoscolus rupestris - Bahia
  74. Cnidoscolus rzedowskii - Querétaro, Guanajuato
  75. Cnidoscolus sellowianus - Brazil
  76. Cnidoscolus serrulatus - Paraguay
  77. Cnidoscolus shrevei - Durango, Coahuila
  78. Cnidoscolus sinaloensis - Sinaloa, Nayarit
  79. Cnidoscolus souzae - S Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
  80. Cnidoscolus spathulatus - Goiás, São Paulo
  81. Cnidoscolus spinosus - SW Mexico
  82. Cnidoscolus stimulosus - SE USA
  83. Cnidoscolus subinteger - Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul
  84. Cnidoscolus tehuacanensis - Puebla, Oaxaca
  85. Cnidoscolus tepiquensis - Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit
  86. Cnidoscolus texanus - SC USA
  87. Cnidoscolus tridentifer - Mato Grosso do Sul
  88. Cnidoscolus tubulosus - from Mexico to Argentina
  89. Cnidoscolus ulei - Bahia
  90. Cnidoscolus urens - Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies, SE USA
  91. Cnidoscolus urentissimus - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
  92. Cnidoscolus urnigerus - E Brazil
  93. Cnidoscolus vitifolius - Brazil, Bolivia, NW Argentina
formerly included [2]

moved to Astraea Jatropha

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel. 1827. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 1(2[–3]): 56–60[–63], pl. 49–50[–52]. in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Cnidoscolus Pohl
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 355. ISBN   978-0-8493-2332-4.

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