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Internal ID UUID643fef987e01a480630163
Scientific name Tragia volubilis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 980 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tragia amoena Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 414 (1874)
Tragia diffusa Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: 10 (1831)
Tragia gayana Baill. Étude Euphorb. : 461 (1858)
Tragia haguensis Goudot ex Baill. Étude Euphorb. : 461 (1858)
Tragia ibaguensis Goudot ex Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)
Tragia infesta Mart. ex D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 5: 256 (1852)
Tragia monandra Baill. Étude Euphorb. : 461 (1858)
Tragia ovata Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 11: 51 (1881)
Tragia pedicillaris Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 415 (1874)
Tragia pedunculata P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 90 (1807)
Tragia plumosa Desf. Tabl. École Bot. : 207 (1804)
Tragia serra Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 20 (1841)
Tragia triangularis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: 8 (1831)
Tragia virgata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 3: 347 (1823)
Tragia volubilis var. grandifolia Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)
Tragia volubilis var. lanceolata Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 414 (1874)
Tragia volubilis var. longifolia Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, IX: 49 (1919)
Tragia volubilis var. pedicellaris Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, IX: 50 (1919)
Tragia volubilis var. serra (Poepp. & Endl.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)
Tragia volubilis var. tenuifolia Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)
Tragia volubilis var. triangularis (Vell.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)
Tragia volubilis var. guaranitica Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 5: 608 (1905)
Croton scandens Sieber ex C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 539 (1845)
Tragia volubilis var. genuina Müll.Arg. & DC. Prodr. 15(2): 936 (1866)

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Language Common/alternative name
English fireman
Arabic حميط وليلي
Arabic حميط مجدول

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000326961
USDA Plants TRVO
Tropicos 12801898
INPN 630829
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315307-2
The Plant List kew-207561
Open Tree Of Life 113309
NCBI Taxonomy 687771
IPNI 315307-2
iNaturalist 282313
GBIF 3061705
EPPO TRDVO
EOL 1149673
USDA GRIN 410177
Wikipedia Tragia_volubilis

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Exploring the Antioxidant Potential of Tragia volubilis L.: Mitigating Chemotherapeutic Effects of Doxorubicin on Tumor Cells Bailon-Moscoso N, Coronel-Hidalgo J, Duarte-Casar R, Guamán-Ortiz LM, Figueroa JG, Romero-Benavides JC Antioxidants (Basel) 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10669231
doi:10.3390/antiox12112003
PMID:38001856
Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Tragia volubilis L. Methanolic Extract Romero-Benavides JC, Atiencie-Valarezo NC, Duarte-Casar R Plants (Basel) 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490261
doi:10.3390/plants12173139
PMID:37687385
Tragia L. Genus: Ethnopharmacological Use, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activity Duarte-Casar R, Romero-Benavides JC Plants (Basel) 10-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8705345
doi:10.3390/plants10122717
PMID:34961188
Checklist of vascular plants of the Department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay Egea JD, Peña-Chocarro M, Espada C, Knapp S PhytoKeys 30-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3281576
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.9.2279
PMID:22371688

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