Knowltonia (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

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.

## Species include

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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.

## References

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1. ^ MANNING, J.C., GOLDBLATT, P. & HOOT, S.B. 2009. The genus Knowltonia (Ranunculaceae) subsumed within Anemone. Bothalia 39: 217–219
2. ^ "Knowltonia Salisb. Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.

Taxon identifiers

Knowltonia|

* Wikidata: Q5548703
* Wikispecies: Knowltonia
* APDB: 191837
* APNI: 50144041
* CoL: 62VZ4
* EoL: 5531960
* GBIF: 7276765
* GRIN: 6349
* iNaturalist: 568955
* IPNI: 33170-1
* IRMNG: 1038068
* ITIS: 808725
* NCBI: 231670
* Open Tree of Life: 6131271
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33170-1
* Tropicos: 40035944
* WFO: wfo-4000020098

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