Stillingia
Genus of flowering plants
Stillingia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae , first described for modern science as a genus in 1767.[ 2] The genus is native to Latin America , the southern United States , and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans .[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Toothleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.[ 7]
Medical use
Stillingia sylvatica was used by Native Americans for syphilis and as a cathartic , diuretic , laxative , and emetic .[ 8] In large doses, it causes vomiting and diarrhea .
Taxonomy
Species include:[ 1]
Stillingia acutifolia - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
Stillingia aquatica - Georgia , Florida , Alabama , S Carolina
Stillingia argutedentata - Minas Gerais
Stillingia bicarpellaris - San Luis Potosí , Hidalgo , Coahuila
Stillingia bodenbenderi - São Paulo , Córdoba
Stillingia dichotoma - Bahia , Rio de Janeiro
Stillingia diphtherina - S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
Stillingia dusenii - Paraná
Stillingia linearifolia - SW USA, N + S Baja California , Sonora , Guadalupe I
Stillingia lineata - Réunion , Mauritius , Philippines , Maluku , Lesser Sunda Is , Fiji
Stillingia oppositifolia - Rio Grande do Sul , Minas Gerais
Stillingia parvifolia - Peru
Stillingia paucidentata - S California , SW Arizona
Stillingia peruviana - Huancavelica
Stillingia pietatis - Michoacán
Stillingia querceticola - Nayarit
Stillingia salpingadenia - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
Stillingia sanguinolenta - C + S Mexico, Honduras
Stillingia saxatilis - Bahia , Minas Gerais
Stillingia scutellifera - Paraguay, Misiones
Stillingia spinulosa - SW USA, Baja California , Sonora
Stillingia sylvatica - SE + SC USA
Stillingia tenella - Bolivia, Jujuy
Stillingia terminalis - Madagascar
Stillingia texana - Texas , Oklahoma , Coahuila
Stillingia trapezoidea - Piauí
Stillingia treculiana - Texas , Nuevo León , Coahuila
Stillingia uleana - Bahia , Minas Gerais
Stillingia zelayensis - C + S Mexico, Central America
Many species formerly in Stillingia have been moved to other genera, including Actinostemon , Adenopeltis , Anomostachys , Balakata , Bonania , Ditrysinia , Excoecaria , Grimmeodendron , Gymnanthes , Homalanthus , Maprounea , Microstachys , Neoshirakia , Sapium , Sclerocroton , Sebastiania , Shirakiopsis , Spegazziniophytum , Spirostachys , and Triadica .[ 1]
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