Ryania speciosa

Ryania speciosa
In Peru
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Ryania
Species:	R. speciosa
Binomial name
Ryania speciosa M.Vahl
Synonyms
Tetracocyne angustifolia Turcz. Ryania patrisii Miq. Patrisia speciosa (Vahl.) JV Monachino

Ryania speciosa^[2][3] is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae.^[4][5]

The species is significant partly because the alkaloid ryanodine was originally extracted from this South American plant. It is used as a piscicide.^[6]

Varieties

The Catalogue of Life^[4] lists these varieties:

• R. s. var. bicolor
• R. s. var. chocoensis
• R. s. var. minor
• R. s. var. mutisii (extinct)
• R. s. var. panamensis
• R. s. var. stipularis
• R. s. var. subuliflora
• R. s. var. tomentella
• R. s. var. tomentosa

References

1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Ryania speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T63092A150013365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T63092A150013365.en. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
2. M. Vahl, 1797 In: Eclog. Am. 1: 51, t. 9 (1796) [1797]
3. The Plant list
4. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
5. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
6. USDA Phytochemistry

External links

• Media related to Salicaceae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ryania at Wikispecies