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|accepted_name=Ricinus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1007. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Castor bean;castor oil plant
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Ricinus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ricinus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin, tick or louse, alluding to appearance of seeds
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159
|treatment_page=page 160
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], annual or perennial, monoecious; hairs absent; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands present at apex and usually proximally; blade palmately lobed, margins serrate, laminar glands present; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (staminate flowers proximal, pistillate distal) or pistillate, terminal or leaf-opposed, racemelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 2. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3–5, valvate, connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens to 1000, connate proximally in numerous slender, irregularly branched columns; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, distinct or connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, distinct or slightly connate basally, 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid; caruncle present. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=ne Africa;widely cultivated and often naturalized in tropical;subtropical;and warm temperate regions worldwide.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Ricinus
|author=Lynn J. Gillespie
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=ne Africa;widely cultivated and often naturalized in tropical;subtropical;and warm temperate regions worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_236.xml
|genus=Ricinus
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