PLANTS Profile for Euphorbia ipecacuanhae (American ipecac)

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Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.
American ipecac

Symbol:

EUIP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

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Synonyms:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

	EUAR8	Euphorbia arundelana Bartlett
	TIAR2	Tithymalopsis arundelana (Bartlett) Small
	TIIP	Tithymalopsis ipecacuanhae (L.) Small

Distribution:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 96 species in Euphorbia

Classification:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Euphorbia L. – spurge
Species	Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. – American ipecac

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
ipecac spurge		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
wild ipecac		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28089.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 06:16 PM MDT