Ryania speciosa[1][2] is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae.[3][4]
| Ryania speciosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Ryania |
| Species: | R. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ryania speciosa M.Vahl
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetracocyne angustifolia Turcz. | |
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 edit
The Catalogue of Life[3] lists these varieties:
References edit
- ^ M. Vahl, 1797 In: Eclog. Am. 1: 51, t. 9 (1796) [1797]
- ^ The Plant list
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
- ^ USDA Phytochemistry
External links edit
Media related to Salicaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ryania at Wikispecies
