Carapichea

Genus of flowering plants

Carapichea
Carapichea ipecacuanha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Palicoureeae
Genus: Carapichea
Aubl. (1775)
Type species
Carapichea guianensis
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ipecacuanha Raf. (1838)
  • Nettlera Raf. (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Stachyococcus Standl. (1936)

Carapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil.[2] One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.

24 species are accepted:[1]

  • Carapichea adinantha (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  • Carapichea araguariensis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea cardenasiana C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea crebinervia (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Carapichea fimbriflora (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea franquevilleana (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea galbaoensis (Steyerm.) O.Lachenaud & Delprete
  • Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará
  • Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil
  • Carapichea klugii (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana
  • Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia
  • Carapichea maturacensis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea necopinata (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea pacimonica (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea panurensis (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea sandwithiana (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea squamelligera (Steyerm.) O.Lachenaud & Delprete
  • Carapichea tillettii (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea urniformis (Steyerm.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea vasivensis (Müll.Arg.) C.M.Taylor
  • Carapichea verrucosa C.M.Taylor

References

  1. ^ a b Carapichea Aubl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 167, pl. 64.

External links

  • Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Carapichea
Taxon identifiers
Carapichea