Strychnos
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyLoganiaceae
General: ). Spigelia L.(Neotropical, very diverse in Eastern Brazil). Strychnos Seed: , with fleshy, starchy, or horny (Mostuea, Strychnos) endosperm Flower: to the septum or in a unicellular ovary to the bottom (Strychnos spinosa Use: , and the numerous species of Strychnos, whose seeds yield the poisonous Appearance: Branch tendrils and spines may be present (Strychnos)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,130
- With media
- 1,848
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Collections
- IIB-UV, IBUNAM, NY, UACH, CICY, MICH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, El Salvador, Brazil, Gabon, United States, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
Research
756 papers- Aspidosperma and Strychnos alkaloids: Chemistry and biology.The Alkaloids. Chemistry and biology · 2021
- Strychnos potatorum: Phytochemical and pharmacological review.Pharmacognosy reviews · 2014
- Botany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicity of Strychnos nux-vomica L.: A Review.The American journal of Chinese medicine · 2018
- Recent progress in the total synthesis of Strychnos alkaloids.Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2020
- About the toxicity of some Strychnos species and their alkaloids.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Loganiaceae
- Image
- Strychnos toxifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-267.jpg
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- taxon name
- Strychnos
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- Strychnos
- topic's main category
- Category:Strychnos
- taxon common name
- 马钱子属
- fruit color
- blue
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
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thumb|Strychnos nux-vomica, the [[strychnine tree]] thumb|Strychnos ignatii, the "bean of St. Ignatius" - another source of the very toxic, [[convulsant indole alkaloid strychnine]]
Strychnos is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Loganiaceae (sometimes Strychnaceae). The genus includes about 200 accepted species of trees and lianas. The genus is widely distributed around the world's tropics and is noted for the presence of poisonous indole alkaloids in the roots, stems and leaves of various species. Among these alkaloids are the well-known and deadly poisons strychnine and curare.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Strychnos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.