Carapichea

Carapichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Central America and northern South America from Nicaragua to Brazil.[1] One species, Carapichea ipecacuanha, is used medicinally as the source of ipecac, a powerful emetic.

Carapichea
Carapichea ipecacuanha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Palicoureeae
Genus: Carapichea
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Type species
Carapichea guianensis
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Synonyms

Species include:[2]

  • Carapichea adinantha
  • Carapichea affinis (Standl.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  • Carapichea altsonii
  • Carapichea araguariensis
  • Carapichea crebinervia
  • Carapichea dolichophylla (Standl.) C.M.Taylor - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Carapichea fimbriflora
  • Carapichea franquevilleana
  • Carapichea guianensis Aubl. - Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá, Pará
  • Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L.Andersson - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil
  • Carapichea klugii
  • Carapichea ligularis (Rudge) Delprete - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana
  • Carapichea lucida J.G.Jardim & Zappi - Bahia
  • Carapichea maturacensis
  • Carapichea necopinata
  • Carapichea nivea
  • Carapichea pacimonica
  • Carapichea panurensis
  • Carapichea sandwithiana
  • Carapichea tillettii
  • Carapichea urniformis
  • Carapichea vasivensis
  • Carapichea verrucosa

References

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