Taxon:
Malpighia urens L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:426. 1753
Comment:
of confusing application
Verified:
05/09/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: without recent collections
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
- Meyer, F. K. 2000. Revision der gattung Malpighia L. (Malpighiaceae). Phanerog. Monogr. 23:271.
- 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
cow-itch-cherry – French
capitaine – German
brennende Barbadoskirsche – Spanish
cereza –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |