Carapichea
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Carapichea | |
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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 | |
Synonyms | |
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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.[1] One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.
Species include:[2]
- 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
References
- ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 167, pl. 64.
- ^ Carapichea. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
External links
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, CarapicheaError: "Q4035864" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Rubiaceae genera
- Palicoureeae