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Carapichea
Sign in to saveCarapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil. One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Carapichea, and connects out to Brazil, Colombia and South America.
Vinony files it under Flora of Southern America, Palicoureeae and Rubiaceae genera.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Carapichea (лат.) — род тропических растений из семейства Мареновые (Rubiaceae), распространённых по территории Южной и Центральной Америки. Наиболее известный представитель рода — Ипекакуана до последнего времени относился к близкому роду Психотрия (Psychotria).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 70
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- F, US, USP-IB, NY, UFPB, CEPLAC
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Guyana, Brasil, Brazil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rubiaceae
- Image
- Psychotria ipecacuanha - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-251.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Carapichea
- Commons category
- Carapichea
- topic's main category
- Category:Carapichea
- taxon common name
- 头沛木属
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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. One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.
24 species are accepted: Carapichea adinantha Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Carapichea araguariensis Carapichea cardenasiana Carapichea crebinervia Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Carapichea fimbriflora Carapichea franquevilleana Carapichea galbaoensis Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil Carapichea klugii Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia Carapichea maturacensis Carapichea necopinata Carapichea pacimonica Carapichea panurensis Carapichea sandwithiana Carapichea squamelligera Carapichea tillettii Carapichea urniformis Carapichea vasivensis Carapichea verrucosa
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