Nierembergia rivularis

Nierembergia rivularis, the whitecup or water neirembergia, is a species of ornamental plant in the Solanaceae[1] family. The species is also commonly known as chuscho.[2]

Whitecup
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nierembergia
Species:
N. rivularis
Binomial name
Nierembergia rivularis
Miers

It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay.[3]

It has caused enzootic calcinosis in sheep in Uruguay.[4]: 449 

References
  1. Wood, John (1884). Hardy perennials and old-fashioned garden flowers: Describing the most desirable plants for borders, rockcries, and shrubberies, and including both foliage and flowering plants. University of Michigan: L.U. Gill. p. 182. Nierembergia rivularis.
  2. Santos, Carmen García y; Pereira, Rodrigo; Etcheberry, Gabriel; Goyen, Juan M.; Pérez, William; Capelli, Alejandra; Alonso, Eduardo; Ruiz-Díaz, Alejandro; Riet-Correa, Franklin (March 2012). "Enzootic calcinosis caused by Nierembergia rivularis in sheep". Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 24 (2): 423–426. doi:10.1177/1040638711435143. ISSN 1040-6387. PMID 22379059. S2CID 10059199.
  3. "Nierembergia rivularis Miers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. Riet-Correa, Franklin (2011). Poisoning by Plants, Mycotoxins, and Related Toxins. CABI. ISBN 978-1-84593-833-8.


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