Ryania speciosa explained
Ryania speciosa[1] is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae.
The species is significant partly because the alkaloid ryanodine was originally extracted from this South American plant. It is used as a piscicide.[2]
The Catalogue of Life lists these varieties:
- R. s. var. bicolor
- R. s. var. chocoensis
- R. s. var. minor
- R. s. var. mutisii (extinct)
- R. s. var. panamensis
- R. s. var. stipularis
- R. s. var. subuliflora
- R. s. var. tomentella
- R. s. var. tomentosa
References
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-13200479 The Plant list
- https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/ethnoPlants/report/7676.pdf USDA Phytochemistry
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