Iresine

Iresine
Iresine herbstii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Iresine
Species

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Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.[1] It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek word εριος (erios), meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers.[2] Bloodleaf[3] is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as ornamental plants. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.

Selected species

  • Iresine angustifolia Euph. – White Snowplant
  • Iresine argentata (Mart.) D.Dietr. – Tropical Bloodleaf
  • Iresine diffusa Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. (= Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze, Iresine elongata) – Juba's Bush
    • Iresine diffusa f. lindenii (=Iresine lindenii Humb. & Bonpl.)
  • Iresine elatior
  • Iresine flavescens Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. – Yellow Bloodleaf
  • Iresine grandiflora
  • Iresine herbstii Hook. ex Lindl. – Herbst's Bloodleaf
  • Iresine heterophylla Standl. – Standley's Bloodleaf
  • Iresine keyensis
  • Iresine leptoclada (Hook.f.) Henrickson et Sundberg – Texas shrub
  • Iresine macrophylla R.E.Fr. (= Cruzeta celosioides (L.) M.Gómez, Celosia paniculata L., Iresine celosioides L.)
  • Iresine palmeri (S.Watson) Standl. – Palmer's Bloodleaf
  • Iresine pedicellata Eliasson (Ecuador)
  • Iresine polymorpha Mart.
  • Iresine rhizomatosa Standl. – Rootstock Bloodleaf[3]

Formerly placed here

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Iresine P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. ↑ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  3. 1 2 "Iresine". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  4. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Iresine". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

General references

  • Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  • "Iresine P. Br. bloodleaf". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture.


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