Genus Ricinus L.

Род РИЦИН — RICINUS L.
L., Sp. Pl. ed. 1 (1753) 1007; Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754) 437

Fam:   Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Genus:   Ricinus L.
English Name: Castor  oil

Description:

Shrubs or trees. Leaves successive, palmately thyroid. Flowers unisexual, collected in branched apical racemes. Monoecious plants. Sepals 3 - 5, petals undeveloped. Male flowers with numerous stamens, with several branched stalks.
Female flowers from a pistil with an upper, three-nested ovary, each nest with 1 ovule, the stigma long, bright red. Seed with appendage:

From:   „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том VII, Издателство на БАН, София, (1979)

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For the plant genus Ricinus (Euphorbiaceae) including Ricinus communis, the castorbean, see Ricinus.
Ricinus is a genus of chewing lice which parasitise birds. It is the largest genus of chewing lice found parasitizing Passeriformes.[2][3]
The genus Ricinus, including Ricinus communis, the castorbean plant, also exists in botany - this is possible, since the names of animals and plants are ruled by different nomenclature codes.[citation needed]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ricinus

The genus Ricinus is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
From:   
http://www.theplantlist.org › browse › Euphorbiaceae

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Distribution in Bulgaria: (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:

References: „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том VII, Издателство на БАН, София, (1979), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://www.theplantlist.org › browse › Euphorbiaceae

SPECIES:

Ricinus communis L. - Castor bean, Castor oil plant

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