Ryania speciosa

Ryania speciosa[1][2] is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae.[3][4]

Ryania speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Ryania
Species:
R. speciosa
Binomial name
Ryania speciosa
M.Vahl
Synonyms

Tetracocyne angustifolia Turcz.
Ryania patrisii Miq.
Patrisia speciosa (Vahl.) JV Monachino

The species is significant partly because the ryanoid insecticides are derived from, and have the same mode of action as the alkaloid ryanodine, which was originally extracted from this South American plant, which is also used as a piscicide.[5]

Varieties

The Catalogue of Life[3] lists these varieties:

  • R. s. var. bicolor
  • R. s. var. chocoensis
  • R. s. var. minor
  • R. s. var. mutisii (extinct)
  • R. s. var. panamensis
  • R. s. var. stipularis
  • R. s. var. subuliflora
  • R. s. var. tomentella
  • R. s. var. tomentosa

References

  1. M. Vahl, 1797 In: Eclog. Am. 1: 51, t. 9 (1796) [1797]
  2. The Plant list
  3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
  5. USDA Phytochemistry
  • Media related to Salicaceae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ryania at Wikispecies
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