Knowltonia (plant)
Knowltonia | |
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Knowltonia vesicatoria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily: | Ranunculoideae |
Tribe: | Anemoneae |
Genus: | Knowltonia Salisb. |
Knowltonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. There are 25 species native to South Africa and Latin America. The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.
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