Taxon: Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Michx.) Engelm. & A. Gray

Common names:

• 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; Kingsbury, as Jatropha stimulosa)
  

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View toxicology references for Cnidoscolus stimulosus 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)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina, Virginia [s.e.]

References:

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb) [= C. urens var. stimulosus (Michx.) Govaerts].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• 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 stimulosus.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Jatropha stimulosa Michx. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Michx.) Engelm. & A. Gray:

• 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:

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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