Knowltonia (plant)

Knowltonia
Knowltonia vesicatoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:	Ranunculoideae
Tribe:	Anemoneae
Genus:	Knowltonia Salisb.

Knowltonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. There are 25 species native to South Africa^[1] and Latin America. The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.

Plants of the World Online accepts:^[2] the following species:

• Knowltonia anemonoides H.Rasm.
• Knowltonia assisbrasiliana (Kuhlm. & Porto) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia balliana (Britton) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia bracteata Harv. ex Zahlbr.
• Knowltonia brevistylis Szyszyl.
• Knowltonia caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Christenh. & Byng ex Mosyakin & de Lange
• Knowltonia capensis (L.) Huth
• Knowltonia chilensis (Gay) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia cordata H.Rasm.
• Knowltonia crassifolia (Hook.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia fanninii (Harv. ex Mast.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia filia (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
• Knowltonia helleborifolia (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia hepaticifolia (Hook.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia hootae Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia integrifolia (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia major (Phil.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia mexicana (Kunth) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia moorei (Espinosa) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia peruviana (Britton) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia sellowii (Pritz.) Christenh. & Byng
• Knowltonia tenuifolia (L.f.) Mosyakin
• Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl.
• Knowltonia vesicatoria (L.f.) Sims
• Knowltonia whyteana (Baker f.) Engl.

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