Echites umbellatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Echites |
| Species: | E. umbellatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Echites umbellatus Jacq. (1760)
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Echites umbellatus is a flowering climber, belonging to subfamily Apocynoideae of the family Apocynaceae and has the English common name devil's potato.[1] It was first described in 1760 by Dutch botanist, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. The species grows in parts of Florida, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Colombian islands in the Western Caribbean.[2]
It is a perennial with white flowerstumorigenic.[9]
References
- ^ "Echites umbellatus - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
- ^ "Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve - Plant Listings - Echites umbellata". Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ "Plants Profile for Echites umbellatus (devil's potato)". plants.usda.gov.
- ^ "The Spooky World of Plants". Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ Burzynski, Elizabeth A., Minbiole, Kevin P.C. and Livshultz, Tatyana, "New sources of lycopsamine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids and their distribution in Apocynaceae" March 2015 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 59:331-339
- Bad Bug Book. United States Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- PMID 13642195.
- PMID 4302035.
- ^ Fu, P.P.; Yang, Y.C.; Xia, Q.; Chou, M.C.; Cui, Y.Y.; Lin, G. (2002). "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids-tumorigenic components in Chinese herbal medicines and dietary supplements".
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