Cnidoscolus Explained

Cnidoscolus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1827.^{[1] [2]} The group is widespread across much of North and South America, including the West Indies.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

The name is derived from the Greek words κνίδη (knide), meaning "nettle," and σκόλοψ (skolops), meaning "thorn" or "prickle."^[9]

Species^[3]

formerly included^[3] moved to Astraea Jatropha

• C. obtusifolius - Jatropha mutabilis
• C. surinamensis - Astraea lobata

References

• Book: Everitt . J.H. . Lonard . R.L. . Little . C.R. . Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico . Texas Tech University Press . Lubbock . 2007.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9622#page/79/mode/1up Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel. 1827. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 1(2[–3<nowiki>]): 56–60[–63<nowiki>], pl. 49–50[–52<nowiki>].
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010816 Tropicos, Cnidoscolus Pohl
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=44156 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Web site: Archived copy . 2015-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ . 2015-09-06 . . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394.
7. Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
8. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Cnidoscolus Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
9. Book: Austin, Daniel F. . Florida Ethnobotany . CRC Press . 2004 . 978-0-8493-2332-4 . 355.