Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Strychnos L.
STRYCHNOS
Classification
GENTIANALES
Strychnos
Citation
STRYCHNOS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 189. 1753.
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TYPE: Strychnos nux-vomica Linnaeus Lectotypified by Hitchcock & M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 133. 1929.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Strychnos spinosa WOOD ORANGE; NATAL ORANGE Not Native
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Atherstonea Atherstonea Pappe, Sylva Cap., ed. 2. 29. 1862. TYPE: Atherstonea decussata Pappe
Brehmia Brehmia Harvey, London J. Bot. 1: 25. 1842, non Schrank 1824. TYPE: Brehmia spinosa Alph. de Candolle
Chemnicia Chemnicia Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. 139. 1777. TYPE: = Rouhamon Aublet 1775.
Curare Curare Kunth ex Humboldt, Relat. Hist. Voy. 2: 549. 1819. TYPE: Non designatus.
Ignatia Ignatia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 20, 149. 1782. TYPE: Ignatia amara Linnaeus f.
Lasiostoma Lasiostoma Schreber, Gen. Pl. 75. 1789. TYPE: = Rouhamon Aublet 1775.
Narda Narda Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 108. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Narda spinosa Vellozo
Rouhamon Rouhamon Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 93, t. 36. 1775. TYPE: Rouhamon guianensis Aublet
Toxicaria Toxicaria Schreber, Naturforscher (Halle) 19: 146. 1783. TYPE: Toxicaria americana Schreber, nom. illegit. (Rouhamon guianensis Aublet) = Rouhamon Aublet 1775.
Unguacha Unguacha Hochstetter, Flora 27: 103. 1844. TYPE: Unguacha simiarum Hochstetter