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Senecio a widespread genus of the Asteraceae family. The genus contains more than 1200 species of which at least 25 are known to be poisonous. Some of them are listed here; the toxins are a group of pyrrolizidine alkaloids which cause seneciosis hepatic injury, and the dummy syndrome, jaundice, emaciation and photosensitization; includes S. abyssinicus, S. alpinus, S. biligulatus, S. bipinnatisectus (Australian fireweed), S. braziliensis, S. burchelii, S. cineraria (dusty miller), S. cisplatinus, S. cunninghamii, S. desfontainei, S. desiderabilis, S. erraticus, S. glabellus, S. harvieanus, S. heterotrichus, S. integerrimus, S. integrifolius (fleawort), S. isatideus (Dan's cabbage), S. jacobaea (ragwort, tansy ragwort), S. latifolius, S. lautus, S. linearifolius (S. australis, fireweed), S. longilobus (woolly groundsel), S. madagascariensis (fireweed), S. magnificus (tall yellowtop), S. moorei, S. oxyphyllus, S. plattensis, S. pterophorus (African daisy), S. quadridentatus (cotton fireweed), S. raphanifolius (gantho metho), S. retrorsus (ragwort), S. riddellii (Riddell's groundsel), S. ruwenzoriensis, S. scleratus, S. selloi, S. spartioides (broom groundsel), S. spathulatus, S. squalidus (Oxford ragwort), S. tweediei, S. vernalis, S. vulgaris (groundsel). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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