Phyllanthus warnockii

Phyllanthus warnockii, the sand reverchonia,[2] is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a sand dune annual and confined to the Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. It is poisonous to mammals.[3] Members of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona sometimes traditionally used the berries to oil and season piki cooking slabs.[4] It was also used by the Hopi medicinally in cases of postpartum hemorrhage.[5]

Phyllanthus warnockii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. warnockii
Binomial name
Phyllanthus warnockii
Synonyms[1]
  • Reverchonia arenaria A.Gray

References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 20 October 2015
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Reverchonia arenaria". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. "Phyllanthus warnockii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. Whiting, Alfred (1939). Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona. pp. 15, 36, 84.
  5. Voth, H.R. (1905). The Oraibi Natal Customs and Ceremonies. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, Anthropological Series Vol.6 No. 2. p. 51.


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