Knowltonia (plant)

Knowltonia
	Knowltonia vesicatoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Knowltonia; Salisb.

Knowltonia is a genus of the family Ranunculaceae. There are eight species native to South Africa.^[1] The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.

Species include

References

^ MANNING, J.C., GOLDBLATT, P. & HOOT, S.B. 2009. The genus Knowltonia (Ranunculaceae) subsumed within Anemone. Bothalia 39: 217–219

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[1] MANNING, J.C., GOLDBLATT, P. & HOOT, S.B. 2009. The genus Knowltonia (Ranunculaceae) subsumed within Anemone. Bothalia 39: 217–219

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