Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Jatropha L.
NETTLESPURGE
Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Jatropha
Citation
JATROPHA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1006. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Jatropha gossypiifolia Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Jatropha curcas NUTMEG PLANT; PHYSIC NUT; BARBADOS NUT Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Jatropha gossypiifolia BELLYACHE BUSH Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Jatropha integerrima PEREGRINA Not Native
Jatropha multifida CORALBUSH Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Leaves peltate
1.  Leaves not peltate
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2.  Leaves deeply (7)9-11(13)-lobed, the sinuses nearly reaching the petiole, appearing nearly palmately compound
2.  Leaf blades simple or with 3-5(7) lobes, the sinuses only reaching 3/4 way to the petiole
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3.  Stipules, petioles, and/or leaf margins stipitate-glandular; stipules persistent, filiform-divided; stamens 8; styles distinct or connate to 1/4 of length
3.  Stipules and petioles eglandular, leaf blade margins occasionally with few glands; stipules caducous and narrowly lanceolate, or absent; stamens 10; styles connate 1/2 to most of length
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4.  Leaf blades mostly 5-lobed and palmately 5-7 veined, blade tips blunt to acute; corollas pale green to greenish yellow; capsules drupaceous
4.  Leaf blades mostly simple or 3-lobed and palmately 3-veined, blade tips abruptly acuminate; corollas red to pink; capsules explosively dehiscent
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Adenoropium Adenoropium Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 12, t. 9. 1826 ("1827"). TYPE: Adenoropium ellipticum Pohl
Castiglionia Castiglionia Ruiz Lopez & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 139, t. 37. 1794. TYPE: Castiglionia lobata Ruiz Lopez & Pavon, nom. illegit. (Jatropha curcas Linnaeus) = Curcas Adanson 1763.
Collenucia Collenucia Chiovenda, Fl. Somala 177. 1929. TYPE: Collenucia paradoxa Chiovenda
Curcas Curcas Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 356, 547. 1763. TYPE: Jatropha curcas Linnaeus
Loureira Loureira Cavanilles, Icon. 5: 17, t. 429-430. 1799, non Raeuschel 1797. TYPE: = Mozinna Ortega 1798.
Mozinna Mozinna Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 104, t. 13. 1798. TYPE: Mozinna spathulata Ortega Lectotypified by G. L. Webster, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81: 103. 1994.
Zimapania Zimapania Engler & Pax, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 119, f. 75. 1891. TYPE: Zimapania schiedeana Engler & Pax 1891.