Iresine

Taxobox
name = "Iresine"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Iresine herbstii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia =
genus = "Iresine"

"Iresine" is a genus which have a number garden ornamental plants in the family Amaranthaceae. These plants are found in the wild in tropical America, and there are between 20 and 25 species. However, only some species are usually cultivated because they have colored foliage, which is called bloodleaf.

Species include:

*"Iresine angustifolia" Euph.
*"Iresine argentata" (Mart.) D. Dietr.
*"Iresine diffusa" Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. (= "Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata" (L.) Kuntze", Iresine elongata")
** "Iresine diffusa f. lindenii" (="Iresine lindenii")
*"Iresine elatior"
*"Iresine flavescens" Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.
*"Iresine grandiflora"
*"Iresine herbstii" Hook. ex Lindl.
*"Iresine heterophylla" Standl.
*"Iresine keyensis"
*"Iresine leptoclada" (Hook. f.) Henrickson et Sundberg
* "Iresine macrophylla" R.E.Fr. (= "Cruzeta celosioides" (L.) M.Gómez, "Celosia paniculata" L., "Iresine celosioides" L.)
* "Iresine polymorpha" Mart.
*"Iresine palmeri" (S. Wats.) Standl.
*"Iresine rhizomatosa" Standl.

Some members of the genus are used as additives to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca. [ [http://www.serendipity.li/dmt/hoasca.html#tbl1 Ayahuasca Analogues] ]

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