Stillingia

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Stillingia
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Stillingia linearifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Stillingia
Garden ex L. 1767 (Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 611, 637) not L. 1767 (Mant. Pl. 1:19)
Synonyms [1]

GymnostillingiaMüll.Arg.

Stillingia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1767. [2] The genus is native to Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] Toothleaf is a common name for plants in this genus. [7]

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Medical use

Stillingia sylvatica was used by Native Americans for syphilis and as a cathartic, diuretic, laxative, and emetic. [8] In large doses, it causes vomiting and diarrhea.

Taxonomy

Species include: [1]

  1. Stillingia acutifolia - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
  2. Stillingia aquatica - Georgia, Florida, Alabama, S Carolina
  3. Stillingia argutedentata - Minas Gerais
  4. Stillingia bicarpellaris - San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Coahuila
  5. Stillingia bodenbenderi - São Paulo, Córdoba
  6. Stillingia dichotoma - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
  7. Stillingia diphtherina - S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
  8. Stillingia dusenii - Paraná
  9. Stillingia linearifolia - SW USA, N + S Baja California, Sonora, Guadalupe I
  10. Stillingia lineata - Réunion, Mauritius, Philippines, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Is, Fiji
  11. Stillingia oppositifolia - Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais
  12. Stillingia parvifolia - Peru
  13. Stillingia paucidentata - S California, SW Arizona
  14. Stillingia peruviana - Huancavelica
  15. Stillingia pietatis - Michoacán
  16. Stillingia querceticola - Nayarit
  17. Stillingia salpingadenia - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  18. Stillingia sanguinolenta - C + S Mexico, Honduras
  19. Stillingia saxatilis - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  20. Stillingia scutellifera - Paraguay, Misiones
  21. Stillingia spinulosa - SW USA, Baja California, Sonora
  22. Stillingia sylvatica - SE + SC USA
  23. Stillingia tenella - Bolivia, Jujuy
  24. Stillingia terminalis - Madagascar
  25. Stillingia texana - Texas, Oklahoma, Coahuila
  26. Stillingia trapezoidea - Piauí
  27. Stillingia treculiana - Texas, Nuevo León, Coahuila
  28. Stillingia uleana - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  29. Stillingia zelayensis - C + S Mexico, Central America

Many species formerly in Stillingia have been moved to other genera, including Actinostemon , Adenopeltis , Anomostachys , Balakata , Bonania , Ditrysinia , Excoecaria , Grimmeodendron , Gymnanthes , Homalanthus , Maprounea , Microstachys , Neoshirakia , Sapium , Sclerocroton , Sebastiania , Shirakiopsis , Spegazziniophytum , Spirostachys , and Triadica . [1]

  1. S. africana - Spirostachys africana
  2. S. agallocha - Excoecaria agallocha
  3. S. appendiculata - Sebastiania appendiculata
  4. S. arborescens - Sebastiania granatensis
  5. S. asperococca - Microstachys chamaelea
  6. S. aucuparia - Sapium glandulosum
  7. S. baccata - Balakata baccata
  8. S. bahiensis - Sebastiania bahiensis
  9. S. bidentata - Microstachys bidentata
  10. S. biglandulosa - Sapium glandulosum
  11. S. bingyrica Baill. - Shirakiopsis indica
  12. S. brasiliensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  13. S. brevifolia - Sebastiania brevifolia
  14. S. campestris - Microstachys corniculata
  15. S. chamaelea - Microstachys chamaelea
  16. S. cochinchinensis - Triadica cochinchinensis
  17. S. commersoniana - Sebastiania klotzschiana
  18. S. concolor - Actinostemon concolor
  19. S. coriacea - Microstachys marginata
  20. S. corniculata - Microstachys corniculata
  21. S. cremostachys - Sebastiania klotzschiana
  22. S. crotonoides - Microstachys hispida
  23. S. cruenta - Sebastiania cruenta
  24. S. cubana - Bonania cubana
  25. S. daphniphylla - Sebastiania daphniphylla
  26. S. desertorum - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  27. S. discolorChamp. ex Benth. 1854 - Triadica cochinchinensis
  28. S. discolor(Spreng.) Baill. 1865 - Gymnanthes discolor
  29. S. diversifolia - Shirakiopsis indica
  30. S. dracunculoides - Sapium glandulosum
  31. S. eglandulosa - Grimmeodendron eglandulosum
  32. S. elliptica - Shirakiopsis elliptica
  33. S. frutescens - Ditrysinia fruticosa
  34. S. fruticosa - Ditrysinia fruticosa
  35. S. gaudichaudii - Gymnanthes gaudichaudii
  36. S. glabrata - Gymnanthes glabrata
  37. S. glandulosa - Adenopeltis serrata
  38. S. goudotiana - Excoecaria goudotiana
  39. S. guianensis - Maprounea guianensis
  40. S. guineensis - Excoecaria guineensis
  41. S. haematantha - Sapium glandulosum
  42. S. hastata - Microstachys ditassoides
  43. S. heterodoxa - Microstachys heterodoxa
  44. S. hilariana - Maprounea guianensis
  45. S. himalayensis - Excoecaria acerifolia
  46. S. hippomane - Sapium glandulosum
  47. S. hypoleuca - Gymnanthes hypoleuca
  48. S. indica - Shirakiopsis indica
  49. S. integerrima - Sclerocroton integerrimus
  50. S. jacobinensis - Sebastiania jacobinensis
  51. S. japonica - Neoshirakia japonica
  52. S. lanceolaria - Triadica cochinchinensis
  53. S. lastellei - Anomostachys lastellei
  54. S. laureola - Sebastiania laureola
  55. S. laurifolia - Sapium laurifolium
  56. S. laurocerasus - Sapium laurocerasum
  57. S. ligustrina - Ditrysinia fruticosa
  58. S. luschnathiana - Gymnanthes glabrata
  59. S. madagascariensis - Excoecaria madagascariensis
  60. S. marginata - Sapium glandulosum
  61. S. melanosticta - Sclerocroton melanostictus
  62. S. multiramea - Gymnanthes glabrata
  63. S. myrtilloides - Microstachys daphnoides
  64. S. nervosa - Gymnanthes nervosa
  65. S. nutans - Homalanthus nutans
  66. S. obovata - Sapium obovatum
  67. S. pachystachya - Sebastiania pachystachya
  68. S. paniculata - Balakata baccata
  69. S. patagonica - Spegazziniophytum patagonicum
  70. S. phyllanthiformis - Sebastiania schottiana
  71. S. populnea - Homalanthus populneus
  72. S. prostrata - Microstachys corniculata
  73. S. prunifolia - Sapium glandulosum
  74. S. pteroclada - Sebastiania pteroclada
  75. S. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  76. S. rigida - Sebastiania rigida
  77. S. salicifoliaKlotzsch ex Baill. 1865 not (Torr.) Raf. 1832 nor Small 1903 - Sapium haematospermum
  78. S. schottiana - Sebastiania schottiana
  79. S. sebifera - Triadica sebifera
  80. S. sellowiana - Microstachys corniculata
  81. S. serrata - Sebastiania serrata
  82. S. serrulata - Microstachys serrulata
  83. S. sinensis - Triadica sebifera
  84. S. stipulacea - Microstachys stipulacea
  85. S. thouarsiana - Excoecaria thouarsiana
  86. S. trinervia - Sebastiania trinervia
  87. S. velutina - Microstachys corniculata
  88. S. virgata - Microstachys bidentata
  89. S. weddelliana - Sebastiania weddelliana
  90. S. widgrenii - Gymnanthes widgrenii
  91. S. ypanemensis - Sebastiania ypanemensis

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References

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  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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  8. Native American Ethnobotany