Taxon: Cnidoscolus texanus (Müll. Arg.) Small

Common names:

• Texas bull-nettle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  

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View toxicology references for Cnidoscolus texanus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Louisiana [w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. (Atlas GPlains)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. (L Arkansas)
• Webster, G. L. 1967. The genera of Euphorbiaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 48:351.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cnidoscolus texanus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cnidoscolus texanus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Jatropha texana Müll. Arg. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Cnidoscolus texanus (Müll. Arg.) Small:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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