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bloodleaves
Iresine
Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek word εριος (erios), meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers. Bloodleaf is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as ornamental plants. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Juba's Bush
speciesIresine diffusa
blood leaf
speciesIresine lindenii
Juda's Bush
speciesIresine rhizomatosa
Iresine latifolia
speciesIresine latifolia
Iresine ajuscana
speciesIresine ajuscana
Standley's Bloodleaf
speciesIresine heterophylla
Iresine cassiniiformis
speciesIresine cassiniiformis
Iresine orientalis
speciesIresine orientalis
Iresine angustifolia
speciesIresine angustifolia
Palmer's Bloodleaf
speciesIresine palmeri
Iresine alternifolia
speciesIresine alternifolia
Iresine leptoclada
speciesIresine leptoclada
Iresine schaffneri
speciesIresine schaffneri
Iresine arbuscula
speciesIresine arbuscula
Iresine interrupta
speciesIresine interrupta
Iresine nigra
speciesIresine nigra
Iresine hartmanii
speciesIresine hartmanii
Iresine flavescens
speciesIresine flavescens
Iresine spiculigera
speciesIresine spiculigera
Iresine rzedowskii
speciesIresine rzedowskii
Iresine hebanthoides
speciesIresine hebanthoides
Iresine discolor
speciesIresine discolor
Iresine pringlei
speciesIresine pringlei
Iresine stricta
speciesIresine stricta
Iresine rotundifolia
speciesIresine rotundifolia
Iresine borschii
speciesIresine borschii
Iresine sousae
speciesIresine sousae
Iresine cubensis
speciesIresine cubensis
Iresine flavopilosa
speciesIresine flavopilosa
Iresine arrecta
speciesIresine arrecta
Iresine laurifolia
speciesIresine laurifolia
Iresine valdesii
speciesIresine valdesii
Iresine pedicellata
speciesIresine pedicellata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130871.