Knowltonia (plant)

Knowltonia
Knowltonia vesicatoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Knowltonia
Salisb.

Knowltonia is a genus of the family Ranunculaceae. There are eight species native to South Africa.[1] The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.

Species include

References

  1. MANNING, J.C., GOLDBLATT, P. & HOOT, S.B. 2009. The genus Knowltonia (Ranunculaceae) subsumed within Anemone. Bothalia 39: 217–219


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