View source for Ricinus ← Ricinus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Ricinus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 1007. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Castor bean;castor oil plant |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Ricinus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ricinus]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin, tick or louse, alluding to appearance of seeds |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 157, 159 |treatment_page=page 160 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], annual or perennial, monoecious; hairs absent; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands present at apex and usually proximally; blade palmately lobed, margins serrate, laminar glands present; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (staminate flowers proximal, pistillate distal) or pistillate, terminal or leaf-opposed, racemelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 2. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3–5, valvate, connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens to 1000, connate proximally in numerous slender, irregularly branched columns; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, distinct or connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, distinct or slightly connate basally, 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid; caruncle present. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=ne Africa;widely cultivated and often naturalized in tropical;subtropical;and warm temperate regions worldwide. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Ricinus |author=Lynn J. Gillespie |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=ne Africa;widely cultivated and often naturalized in tropical;subtropical;and warm temperate regions worldwide. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_236.xml |genus=Ricinus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Ricinus.