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Details for: Ricinus communis


Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Ricinus communis L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1007. 1753
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Malpighiales Bercht. & J. Presl
                              Familia - Euphorbiaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Ricinus L.
                                       
Heterotypic synonyms: Cataputia major Ludw.
Cataputia minor Ludw.
Croton spinosus L.
Ricinus africanus Mill.
Ricinus angulatus Thunb.
Ricinus armatus Andr.
Ricinus atropurpureus Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus badius Rchb.
Ricinus borboniensis Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus cambodgensis Benary
Ricinus compactus Huber
Ricinus digitatus Noronha
Ricinus europaeus T. Nees
Ricinus gibsonii
Ricinus giganteus Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus glaucus Hoffmanns.
Ricinus hybridus Besser
Ricinus inermis Mill.
Ricinus japonicus Thunb.
Ricinus krappa Steud.
Ricinus laevis DC.
Ricinus leucocarpus Bertol.
Ricinus lividus Jacq.
Ricinus macrocarpus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus macrophyllus Bertol.
Ricinus medicus Forssk.
Ricinus medius J. F. Gmel.
Ricinus megalosperma Delile
Ricinus messeniacus Heldr.
Ricinus metallicus Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus microcarpus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus minor Mill.
Ricinus nanus Bald.
Ricinus obermannii Groenl.
Ricinus peltatus Noronha
Ricinus perennis Steud.
Ricinus persicus Popova
Ricinus purpurascens Bertol.
Ricinus ruber Miq.
Ricinus rugosus Mill.
Ricinus rutilans Müll. Arg.
Ricinus sanguineus Groenl.
Ricinus scaber Bertol. ex Moris
Ricinus speciosus Burm. f.
Ricinus spectabilis Blume
Ricinus tunisensis Desf.
Ricinus undulatus Besser
Ricinus urens Mill.
Ricinus viridis Willd.
Ricinus vulgaris Garsault, des. inval.
Ricinus vulgaris Mill.
Ricinus zanzibarensis
Ricinus zanzibarinus Popova
Ricinus communis subsp. africanus (Mill.) Nyman
Ricinus communis subsp. indicus Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus communis subsp. manshuricus V. Bork.
Ricinus communis subsp. mexicanus Popova
Ricinus communis subsp. persicus Popova
Ricinus communis subsp. ruderalis Popova & Moshkin, nom. illeg.
Ricinus communis subsp. sanguineus Popova
Ricinus communis subsp. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Nyman
Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Hiltebr.
Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Popova & Moshkin, nom. illeg.
Ricinus communis subsp. zanzibarinus Popova
Ricinus microcarpus subsp. spontaneus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus communis prol. persicus Popova
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. indicus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. japonicus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. sanguineus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus microcarpus prol. aegypticus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus microcarpus prol. indostanicus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus communis var. aegyptiaceus (Popova) Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. africanus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. amblyocalyx Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. americanus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. armatus (Andr.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. badius (Rchb.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. bailundensis J. M. Coult.
Ricinus communis var. benguelensis Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. brasiliensis Müll. Arg. ex Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus communis var. brevinodis Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. caesius Popova
Ricinus communis var. glaucus Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. griseofolius Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. hybridus (Besser) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. indehiscens Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. inermis (Mill.) Pax & K. Hoffm.
Ricinus communis var. japonicus Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. leucocarpus (Bertol.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. lividus (Jacq.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. macrocarpus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis var. macrophyllus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. megalospermus (Delile) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. mexicanus (Popova) Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. microcarpus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. microspermus Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. minor Steud.
Ricinus communis var. nanus Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. purpurascens (Bertol.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. reichenbachianus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. rheedianus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. roseus Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. rugosus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. sanguineus Baill.
Ricinus communis var. speciosus (Burm. f.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. spontaneus Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. subpurpurascens Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. undulatus (Besser) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis var. vasconcellosii T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis var. violaceocaulis Moshkin
Ricinus communis var. virens Popova
Ricinus communis var. viridis Popova & Moshkin
Ricinus macrocarpus var. nudus Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus microcarpus var. atrovirens Popova, des. inval.
Ricinus communis subvar. almeidae T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. americanus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. blumeanus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. epruinosus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. erythrocladus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. glauceus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. gracilis (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. griseus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. macrophyllus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. pruinosus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. purpurascens (Bertol.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. roseus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. rutilans (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. subviridus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. violaceus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. violeus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis subvar. viridus (Willd.) T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. americanus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. argentatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. argyratus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atratus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atrobrunneatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atrofulvatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atrofuscatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atrophoeniceus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atropunicatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. atropurpureatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. avellanatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. blumeanus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. canatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. canescens T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. carneatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. cervatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. cinerascens T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. cinereatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. denudatus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. epiglaucus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. erythrocladus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. exiguus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. fulvatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. fumatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. fuscatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. gilvus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. glaucus (Hoffmanns.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. gracilis Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. guttatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. hybridus (Besser) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. incarnatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. inermis (Mill.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. intermedius Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. laevis (DC.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. macrophyllus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. maculatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. marmoreatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. murinatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. nigellus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. nigrescens T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. niveatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. oblongus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. obscurus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. oligacanthus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. ostrinatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. pardalinus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. picturatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. plumbeatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. pruinosus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. pullatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. punctatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. punctulatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. punicans T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. purpurascens (Bertol.) Pax
Ricinus communis f. radiatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. rufescens T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. russatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. rutilans Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. scriptus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. sordidus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. stigmosus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. striatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. subpurpurascens Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. subrotundus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. subviridus Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. sulcatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. tigrinus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. umbrinus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. venosus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. vinatus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. viridis (Willd.) Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. zebrinus T. Carvalho
Ricinus communis f. zollingeri Müll. Arg.
Ricinus communis f. zonatus T. Carvalho
Invalid designations: Ricinus communis var. genuinus Müll. Arg., des. inval.
Ricinus communis var. typicus Fiori, des. inval.
Taxon Notes: Oil is extracted from the seeds.
 
Common names: akain-belar (Euskera), alcherva (Spanish, Castillian), árbol del demonio (Spanish, Castillian), bafureira (Galician), bafureira (Portuguese), bafureura (Spanish, Castillian), caga mutxo (Majorcan), cagamuja (Majorcan), cagamutxo (Majorcan), carrapateira (Galician), carrapateira (Portuguese), carrapateiro (Galician), carrapateiro (Portuguese), carrapatos (Portuguese), castaño de la India (Spanish, Castillian), catapúcia (Galician), catapúcia (Portuguese), catapucia (Spanish, Castillian), catapucia maior (Portuguese), catapucia mayor (Spanish, Castillian), catapucía mayor (Spanish, Castillian), catapúcia mayor (Spanish, Castillian), catapúcia-figueira-do-inferno (Galician), catapúcia-figueira-do-inferno (Portuguese), catapúcia-maior (Portuguese), cataputia mayor (Spanish, Castillian), cherva (Spanish, Castillian), croton (Spanish, Castillian), enfiter (Catalan), enfiter (Majorcan), errizino (Euskera), errizinu (Euskera), erva dos carrapatos (Galician), erva dos carrapatos (Portuguese), erva-dos-carrapatos (Portuguese), fesolera de llum (Catalan), figueira do inferno (Galician), figueira do inferno (Portuguese), figueira-do-inferno (Galician), figueira-do-inferno (Portuguese), figuera borda (Catalan), figuera borda (Valencian), figuera de diable (Valencian), figuera de ricí (Catalan), figuera del diable (Catalan), figuera del diable (Valencian), figuera dels talps (Catalan), figuera infernal (Catalan), figuera racinera (Valencian), figuera resinera (Valencian), grano mayor de reyes (Spanish, Castillian), herba de les talpes (Catalan), herba de talpas (Catalan), herba de talpes (Catalan), herba de talpos (Catalan), herba taupera (Majorcan), herva dos carrapatos (Portuguese), hiera del demonio (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de infierno (Spanish, Castillian), higuera del demonio (Spanish, Castillian), higuera del diablo (Spanish, Castillian), higuera del infierno (Spanish, Castillian), higuera infernal (Spanish, Castillian), higuereta (Spanish, Castillian), higuereta infernal (Spanish, Castillian), higuerilla (Spanish, Castillian), higuerillo (Spanish, Castillian), kerva (Spanish, Castillian), llagasta (Catalan), mammona (Portuguese), mamona (Galician), mamona (Portuguese), mamona (Spanish, Castillian), mamoneiro (Galician), mamoneiro (Portuguese), mochera (Valencian), mosquitera (Aragonese), mosquitera (Spanish, Castillian), mugera (Catalan), mugera (Valencian), mugera comun (Valencian), mugera comuna (Valencian), muguera (Valencian), mutxera (Catalan), mutxera (Valencian), palma (Spanish, Castillian), palma Christi (Portuguese), palma de cristo (Spanish, Castillian), palma-Christi (Portuguese), palma-Christi (Spanish, Castillian), palmacristi (Spanish, Castillian), querva (Spanish, Castillian), recino (Spanish, Castillian), rejalgar (Spanish, Castillian), rènega (Catalan), rezino (Aragonese), ricí (Catalan), ricí (Majorcan), ricí (Valencian), riciner (Catalan), riciner (Majorcan), ricino (Galician), rícino (Galician), rícino (Portuguese), ricino (Spanish, Castillian), ricino menor (Portuguese), ricino ordinario (Portuguese), rissino (Catalan), rizin (Portuguese), rizno (Spanish, Castillian), tártago de Venezuela (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
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