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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Phyllanthus |
Species: | P. warnockii |
Binomial name | |
Phyllanthus warnockii | |
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References
- The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 20 October 2015
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Reverchonia arenaria". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- "Phyllanthus warnockii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Whiting, Alfred (1939). Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona. pp. 15, 36, 84.
- 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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