Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb.

Maya-Lastra, Carlos A. & Steinmann, Victor W., 2018, A Nomenclator of Cnidoscolus (Euphorbiaceae), Phytotaxa 346 (1), pp. 1-30 : 3-4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.346.1.1
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scientific name	Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb.
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1. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. View in CoL 68: 86 (1923).— Cnidoscolus aconitifolius subsp. aconitifolius — Jatropha aconitifolia [as aconitifolius ] Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 no. 6 (1768).— Jatropha aconitifolia var. genuina Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866), nom. inval. Type:— MEXICO. Veracruz: without locality, 1730, W. Houston s.n. (holotype BM-000820498!).

Jatropha quinquelobata Mill., Gard. Dict. , ed. 8 no.2 (1768).— Cnidoscolus quinquelobulatus (Mill.) León, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. “Felipe Poey” 15: 236 (1941). Type:— CUBA. Without locality, 1731, W. Houston s.n. (holotype BM-000820455!).

Jatropha papaya Medik., Bot. Beob. 1782: 192 (1783).— Jatropha aconitifolia var. papaya (Medik.) Pax, Pflanzenr. IV. 147. I (Heft 42): 101 (1910). Type:— GERMANY. Based on some trees grown from seed by Medikus in his Botanical Garden [i.e. Mannheim] (original material not traced).

Jatropha napeifolia Desr., Encycl. 4: 15 (1797).— Cnidoscolus napeifolius (Desr.) Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827). Type:— FRANCE. Based on plants cultivated in the Jardin du Roi in Paris (original material not traced).

Jatropha palmata Willd., Sp. Pl. View in CoL 4: 562 (1805). Type:— HONDURAS. Puerto Caballos: without locality, without date, H. Karsten 12 (holotype B-W-17922010!).

Jatropha fragrans Kunth, Bonpland & Humboldt View in CoL , Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 105 (1817).— Cnidoscolus fragrans (Kunth, Bonpland & Humboldt) Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. View in CoL 1: 63 (1827). Type:— CUBA. La Habana: Regla, without date, A. Bonpland & F. Humboldt 1333 (holotype P-00669927!; isotype P-00545646!).

Jatropha aconitifolia var. multipartita Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866). Type:— MEXICO. Veracruz: Orizaba, without date, F. Müller 4125 (holotype NY; isotype G-DC-00319839!).

Jatropha urens var. longepedunculata Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. View in CoL 6: 368 (1917). Type:— MEXICO. Veracruz: Aacuapan, 1916, C.A. Purpus 7639 (holotype UC-191126!; isotypes GH-00047023!, MO-159591 !, NY-00263494 !, US-00027198 !).

Jatropha urens var. inermis Calvino, Revista Agric. Comercio Trab. View in CoL (Cuba) 2: 364 (1919). Type:— CUBA. La Habana: Cultivated at Santiago de las Vegas, 1918, M. Calvino s.n. (holotype NA).

Jatropha deutziiflora Croizat, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. View in CoL 33: 16 (1943). Type:— MEXICO. Oaxaca: Tuxtepec, Chiltepec and vicinity, 8 August 1940, G. Martinez-Calderon 77 (holotype US-00027189 !; isotypes A-00047014!, GH-00047015!).

Cnidoscolus chayamansa McVaugh, Bull. Torrey Bot. View in CoL Club 71: 466 (1944). Type:— BELIZE. Orange Walk: Honey Camp , coastal region, 17 September 1929, C.L. Lundell 494 (holotype US-00096482 !; isotypes CAS-0002041!, DS, F-V0055996F!, K-000254128!, MO-149391 !, NY-00246387 !, S!).

Cnidoscolus chaya Lundell, Bull. Torrey Bot. View in CoL Club 72: 321 (1945). Type:— MEXICO. Yucatán: km 27, Merida–Progreso road, 30 July 1938, C.L. Lundell & A.A. Lundell 8201 (holotype LL-00042025!; isotype LL-00371617!, MICH-1210004!).

Cnidoscolus tenuilobus Lundell, Bull. Torrey Bot. View in CoL Club 72: 330 (1945). Type:— MEXICO. Guerrero: Acapulco , km 417 of highway, 20 October 1943, C.L. Lundell & A.A. Lundell 12583 (holotype LL-00371625!; isotypes LL-00256918!, MICH-1115872!, NY-00246401 !, S-G-1512!).

Distribution:— This species is native to Mexico and Central America, but it is widely cultivated for its edible leaves and sometimes naturalized in other areas around the world ( Fernández Casas 2017).

1.1. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius subsp. polyanthus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Breckon, Syst. Bot. View in CoL 9: 22 (1984).— Jatropha polyantha Pax & K.Hoffm., Pflanzenr. IV. 147. I (Heft 42): 105 (1910).— Cnidoscolus polyanthus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 86 (1923). Type:— MEXICO. Michoacán: La Orilla, [17°58 ′ 60 ″ N, 102°13 ′ 60 ″ W], 30 m, 29 May 1898, E. Langlassé 201 (lectotype G-00434401!, designated here; isolectotypes G-00434400!, GH-00048149!, K-000254136!, P-00545650!, P-00545651!).

Distribution:— Mexico.

Notes:— This subspecies can be recognized by the narrow, pinnatifid-dentate leaf lobes. Additionally, Breckon (1975) suggests that it is characterized by salverform pistillate flowers with partially fused tepals.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Malpighiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Cnidoscolus