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Oxypolis rigidior, known as cowbane, common water dropwort, [1] stiff cowbane, [2] pig-potato, [3] and Cherokee swamp potato, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family native to eastern North America. It is a perennial wildflower found in wet habitats.
The average potato has 0.075 mg solanine/g potato, which is equal to about 0.18 mg/kg based on average daily potato consumption. [ 19 ] Calculations have shown that 2 to 5 mg/kg of body weight is the likely toxic dose of glycoalkaloids like solanine in humans, with 3 to 6 mg/kg constituting the fatal dose. [ 20 ]
The genus name Phytophthora comes from the Greek φυτό (phyto), meaning "plant" – plus the Greek φθορά (phthora), meaning "decay, ruin, perish".The species name infestans is the present participle of the Latin verb infestare, meaning "attacking, destroying", from which the word "to infest" is derived.
Atropa bella-donna has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. [14] [4] [15] Known originally under various folk names (such as "deadly nightshade" in English), the plant was named Atropa bella-donna by Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) when he devised his classification system.
Solanum jamesii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. jamesii Binomial name Solanum jamesii Torr. Tubers of Solanum jamesii (with red bean for scale) Solanum jamesii (common names: wild potato or Four Corners potato) is a species of nightshade. Its range ...
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.It is commonly known as the 28-spotted potato ladybird [1] or the Hadda beetle. [2] It feeds on the foliage of potatoes and other solanaceous crops.
Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, [2] aerial yam, [3] and parsnip yam [4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. [ 1 ]
Stenopelmatus [notes 1] is one of two genera of large, flightless insects referred to commonly as Jerusalem crickets (or "potato bugs"). They are primarily native to Central America , and one species is known from Ecuador .