Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cnidoscolus Pohl
CNIDOSCOLUS
Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Cnidoscolus
Citation
CNIDOSCOLUS Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 56, t. 49-52. 1826 ("1827").
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TYPE: Cnidoscolus hamosus Pohl Lectotypified by Small, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 462. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius CHAYA; TREE SPINACH Not Native
Cnidoscolus stimulosus TREAD-SOFTLY; FINGER-ROT Native
Identification Key
1.  Shrubs or trees with shallow roots, stems succulent and easily rerooting, with or without stinging hairs
1.  Herbs with a tuberous root and the finer roots deeply buried, stems not succulent, with stinging hairs
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Bivonea Bivonea Rafinesque, Specchio Sci. 1: 156. 1814, nom. rej. vs. Bivonaea de Candolle 1821. TYPE: Bivonea stimulosa (Michaux) Rafinesque (Jatropha stimulosa Michaux)
Jussieuia Jussieuia Houstoun, Reliq. Houstoun. 6. 1781, non Jussiaea Linnaeus 1753. TYPE: Jatropha herbacea Linnaeus
Mesandrinia Mesandrinia Rafinesque, Neogenyton 3. 1825. TYPE: = Bivonea Rafinesque 1814 (nom. rej.).
Victorinia Victorinia Leon, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. "Felipe Poey" 15: 242, 243. 1941. TYPE: Victorinia regina (Leon) Leon (Jatropha regina Leon)