Erythroxylaceae
Sign in to saveErythroxylaceae (the coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and 271 species, native to Africa and South America. The four genera are Aneulophus Benth., Erythroxylum P.Browne, Nectaropetalum Engl., and Pinacopodium Exell & Mendonça. The best-known species are the coca plants, including the species Erythroxylum coca, the source of the substance coca.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyErythroxylaceae
General: The Erythroxylaceae are a family of four genera and about
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Research
425 papers- Erythroxylumaustroguangdongense (Erythroxylaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China.PhytoKeys · 2022
- Cocaine smoking.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 1982
- Elucidation of tropane alkaloid biosynthesis in Erythroxylum coca using a microbial pathway discovery platform.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
- Cocaine.Scientific American · 1982
- Plant tropane alkaloid biosynthesis evolved independently in the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiales
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- Erythroxylum
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Erythroxylaceae (the coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and 271 species, native to Africa and South America. The four genera are Aneulophus Benth., Erythroxylum P.Browne, Nectaropetalum Engl., and Pinacopodium Exell & Mendonça. The best-known species are the coca plants, including the species Erythroxylum coca, the source of the substance coca.
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