Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Malpighiales > Family Euphorbiaceae > Genus Ricinus

Ricinus communis L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

RicinusL.accepted genus name
Cataputia Ludw. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Ricinus communis var. genuinus Müll. Arg. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Ricinus communis var. typicus Fiori homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Cataputia major Ludw. heterotypic synonym
Cataputia minor Ludw. heterotypic synonym
Croton spinosus L. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus africanus Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus angulatus Thunb. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus armatus Andr. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus atropurpureus Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus badius Rchb. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus borboniensis Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus cambodgensis Benary heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. americanus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. argentatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. argyratus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atratus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atrobrunneatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atrofulvatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atrofuscatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atrophoeniceus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atropunicatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. atropurpureatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. avellanatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. blumeanus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. canatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. canescens T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. carneatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. cervatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. cinerascens T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. cinereatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. denudatus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. epiglaucus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. erythrocladus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. exiguus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. fulvatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. fumatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. fuscatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. gilvus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. glaucus (Hoffmanns.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. gracilis Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. guttatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. hybridus (Besser) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. incarnatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. inermis (Mill.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. intermedius Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. laevis (DC.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. macrophyllus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. maculatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. marmoreatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. murinatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. nigellus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. nigrescens T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. niveatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. oblongus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. obscurus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. oligacanthus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. ostrinatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. pardalinus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. picturatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. plumbeatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. pruinosus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. pullatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. punctatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. punctulatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. punicans T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. purpurascens (Bertol.) Pax heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. radiatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. rufescens T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. russatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. rutilans Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. scriptus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. sordidus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. stigmosus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. striatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. subpurpurascens Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. subrotundus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. subviridus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. sulcatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. tigrinus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. umbrinus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. venosus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. vinatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. viridis (Willd.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. zebrinus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. zollingeri Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis f. zonatus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis prol. persicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. africanus (Mill.) Nyman heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. indicus Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. manshuricus V. Bork. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. mexicanus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. persicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. ruderalis Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Ricinus communis subsp. sanguineus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Nyman heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Hiltebr. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Ricinus communis subsp. zanzibarinus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. almeidae T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. americanus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. blumeanus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. epruinosus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. erythrocladus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. glauceus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. gracilis (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. griseus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. macrophyllus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. pruinosus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. purpurascens (Bertol.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. roseus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. rutilans (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. subviridus (Müll. Arg.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. violaceus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. violeus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis subvar. viridus (Willd.) T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. aegyptiaceus (Popova) Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. africanus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. amblyocalyx Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. americanus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. armatus (Andr.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. badius (Rchb.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. bailundensis J. M. Coult. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. benguelensis Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. brasiliensis Müll. Arg. ex Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. brevinodis Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. caesius Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. glaucus Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. griseofolius Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. hybridus (Besser) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. indehiscens Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. inermis (Mill.) Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. japonicus Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. leucocarpus (Bertol.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. lividus (Jacq.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. macrocarpus T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. macrophyllus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. megalospermus (Delile) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. mexicanus (Popova) Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. microcarpus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. microspermus Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. minor Steud. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. nanus Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. purpurascens (Bertol.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. reichenbachianus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. rheedianus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. roseus Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. rugosus Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. sanguineus Baill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. speciosus (Burm. f.) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. spontaneus Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. subpurpurascens Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. undulatus (Besser) Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. vasconcellosii T. Carvalho heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. violaceocaulis Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. virens Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus communis var. viridis Popova & Moshkin heterotypic synonym
Ricinus compactus Huber heterotypic synonym
Ricinus digitatus Noronha heterotypic synonym
Ricinus europaeus T. Nees heterotypic synonym
Ricinus gibsonii heterotypic synonym
Ricinus giganteus Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus glaucus Hoffmanns. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus hybridus Besser heterotypic synonym
Ricinus inermis Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus japonicus Thunb. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus krappa Steud. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus laevis DC. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus leucocarpus Bertol. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus lividus Jacq. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrocarpus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. indicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. japonicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrocarpus prol. sanguineus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrocarpus var. nudus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus macrophyllus Bertol. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus medicus Forssk. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus medius J. F. Gmel. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus megalosperma Delile heterotypic synonym
Ricinus messeniacus Heldr. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus metallicus Pax & K. Hoffm. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus microcarpus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus microcarpus prol. aegypticus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus microcarpus prol. indostanicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus microcarpus subsp. spontaneus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus microcarpus var. atrovirens Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus minor Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus nanus Bald. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus obermannii Groenl. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus peltatus Noronha heterotypic synonym
Ricinus perennis Steud. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus persicus Popova heterotypic synonym
Ricinus purpurascens Bertol. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus ruber Miq. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus rugosus Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus rutilans Müll. Arg. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus sanguineus Groenl. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus scaber Bertol. ex Moris heterotypic synonym
Ricinus speciosus Burm. f. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus spectabilis Blume heterotypic synonym
Ricinus tunisensis Desf. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus undulatus Besser heterotypic synonym
Ricinus urens Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus viridis Willd. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus vulgaris Garsault heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Ricinus vulgaris Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ricinus zanzibarensis heterotypic synonym
Ricinus zanzibarinus Popova heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: mosquitera; rezino sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: enfiter; fesolera de llum; figuera borda; figuera de ricí; figuera del diable; figuera dels talps; herba de les talpes; herba de talpas; herba de talpes; herba de talpos; llagasta; mugera; mutxera; rènega; ricí; riciner; rissino sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Euskera: akain-belar; errizino; errizinu sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: bafureira; carrapateira; carrapateiro; catapúcia; catapúcia-figueira-do-inferno; erva dos carrapatos; figueira do inferno; figueira-do-inferno; mamona; mamoneiro; ricino; rícino sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: caga mutxo; cagamuja; cagamutxo; enfiter; herba taupera; ricí; riciner sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: bafureira; carrapateira; carrapateiro; carrapatos; catapúcia; catapucia maior; catapúcia-figueira-do-inferno; catapúcia-maior; erva dos carrapatos; erva-dos-carrapatos; figueira-do-inferno; herva dos carrapatos; mammona; mamona; mamoneiro; palma Christi; palma-Christi; rícino; ricino menor; ricino ordinario; rizin sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: alcherva; árbol del demonio; bafureura; castaño de la India; catapucia; catapucia mayor; catapucía mayor; catapúcia mayor; cataputia mayor; cherva; croton; grano mayor de reyes; hiera del demonio; higuera de infierno; higuera del demonio; higuera del diablo; higuera infernal; higuereta; higuereta infernal; higuerilla; higuerillo; kerva; mamona; mosquitera; palma-Christi; palmacristi; querva; recino; rejalgar; ricino; rizno; tártago de Venezuela sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Valencian: figuera borda; figuera de diable; figuera del diable; figuera racinera; figuera resinera; mochera; mugera comun; mugera comuna; muguera; mutxera; ricí

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ricinus communis L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=A72F4BF8-9AB7-4FF0-8790-74755C168DE5

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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