Carapichea

Carapichea
Carapichea ipecacuanha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Palicoureeae
Genus:	Carapichea Aubl.
Type species
Carapichea guianensis Aubl.
Synonyms
Nettlera Raf.

Carapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil. One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.

Species include:

• Carapichea adinantha
• Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• Carapichea altsonii
• Carapichea araguariensis
• Carapichea crebinervia
• Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• Carapichea fimbriflora
• Carapichea franquevilleana
• Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará
• Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil
• Carapichea klugii
• Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana
• Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia
• Carapichea maturacensis
• Carapichea necopinata
• Carapichea nivea
• Carapichea pacimonica
• Carapichea panurensis
• Carapichea sandwithiana
• Carapichea tillettii
• Carapichea urniformis
• Carapichea vasivensis
• Carapichea verrucosa

External links

• Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Carapichea