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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Jatropha

Hierarchical position of the Genus Jatropha

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Euphorbianae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Euphorbiales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 13. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Euphorbiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 384. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Spurges       Subfamilia  Jatrophoideae Baill. ex Hassk. pub. Flora 42: 647. 7 Nov 1859.       Tribus  Jatropheae Baill. pub. Hist. Pl. 5: 156, 179. Jan-Apr 1874.       Subtribus  Jatrophinae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 341, Comm. 253. 18-24 Jul 1841.       Genus  Jatropha L. pub. (1753) common name: nettlespurge

Named members of the Genus Jatropha

1	Species  aconitifolia Miller syn. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
2	Species  cardiophylla (Torr.) Muell.-Arg. common name: sangre de cristo  (Mexico)
3	Species  cathartica Teran & Berl. common name: Berlandier's nettlespurge
4	Species  cinerea (Ortega) Muell.-Arg. common name: Arizona nettlespurge
5	Species  cuneata Wiggins & Rollins common name: physicnut
6	Species  curcas L. common name: Barbados nut, mulberry, quauhayohuatli  (Nahuatl Aztec)
7	Species  dioica Sess� ex Cerv.
	8    Varietas  dioica common name: leatherstem 9    Varietas  graminea McVaugh common name: leatherstem
10	Species  gossypiifolia L.
	11    Varietas  elegans (Pohl) Muell.-Arg. common name: bellyache bush 12    Varietas  gossypiifolia common name: bellyache bush
13	Species  hernandiifolia Vent.
	14    Varietas  hernandiifolia common name: wild oilnut 15    Varietas  portoricensis (Millsp.) Urban common name: wild oilnut
16	Species  integerrima Jacq.
	17    Varietas  hastata (Jacq.) Fosberg common name: peregrina 18    Varietas  integerrima common name: peregrina
19	Species  macrorhiza Benth.
	20    Varietas  septemfida Engelm. common name: ragged nettlespurge
21	Species  manihot L. syn. Manihot esculenta
22	Species  multifida L. common name: coralbush
23	Species  podagrica Hook. common name: goutystalk nettlespurge
24	Species  spathula Muell. Arg.
25	Species  texana Muell.-Arg. syn. Cnidoscolus texanus
26	Species  urens L. syn. Cnidoscolus urens

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.