Phyllanthus warnockii

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Phyllanthus warnockii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. warnockii
Binomial name
Phyllanthus warnockii
G.L.Webster
Synonyms[1]
  • Reverchonia arenaria A.Gray

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.[citation needed] 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]

References[]

  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 20 October 2015
  2. ^ "Reverchonia arenaria". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Phyllanthus warnockii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ Whiting, Alfred (1939). Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona. pp. 15, 36, 84.
  5. ^ 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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