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Taxon:
Jatropha gossypiifolia
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Jatropha
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Jatropheae
Nomen number:
20696
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1006. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (
Shenzhen ICN
14.3 & App. IV) through conservation of the genus
Jatropha
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
09/05/2013
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Jatropha gossypiifolia
L. var.
staphysagrifolia
(Mill.) Müll. Arg.
Jatropha staphysagrifolia
Mill.
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Reference(s)
Brummitt, R. K.
1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:612.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
conservation recommended
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Dehgan, B.
2012.
Jatropha
(Euphorbiaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 110:45-55.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Duke, J. A.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Everest, S. L.
1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
Note:
poisonous
Govaerts, R. et al.
2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hecker, E.
1987. Tumour promoters of cancer irritant diterpene esters type as risk factors of cancer in man. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 94:213.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Jarvis, C. E.
1992. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:564.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
proposed as conserved type
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Moldenke, H. N.
1951. Poisonous plants of the world. Pamphlet, 3rd ed.
Note:
poisonous
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):325.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
bellyache-bush –
Reference(s)
black physicnut –
Reference(s)
cotton-leaf physicnut –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
erva-purgante –
Reference(s)
mamoninha –
Reference(s)
peão-roxo –
Reference(s)
pião-roxo –
Reference(s)
pinhão-roxo –
Reference(s)
raiz-de-tiu –
Reference(s)
Spanish
piñón negro –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Dominica
,
Dominican Republic
,
Guadeloupe
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
United States
[Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):325. 1999; Bot J Linn Soc 94:213. 1987, contains irritants; CRC MedHerbs ed2
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):325.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Name
References