Difference between revisions of "Ricinus"

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 1007. 1753.

Common names: Castor bean castor oil plant
Introduced
Etymology: Latin, tick or louse, alluding to appearance of seeds
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 160. Mentioned on page 157, 159.
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Revision as of 19:51, 16 December 2019

Herbs [shrubs], annual or perennial, monoecious; hairs absent; latex absent. Leaves 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. Inflorescences bisexual (staminate flowers proximal, pistillate distal) or pistillate, terminal or leaf-opposed, racemelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 2. Pedicels present. Staminate flowers: sepals 3–5, valvate, connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens to 1000, connate proximally in numerous slender, irregularly branched columns; pistillode absent. Pistillate flowers: sepals 5, distinct or connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, distinct or slightly connate basally, 2-fid. Fruits capsules. Seeds ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid; caruncle present. x = 10.

Distribution

ne Africa, widely cultivated and often naturalized in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions worldwide.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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