Pilocarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Rutaceae
Subfamilia: Amyridoideae
Genus: Pilocarpus
Species: P. alatus – P. jaborandi – P. microphyllus – P. pennatifolius – P. racemosus – P. spicatus
Name

Pilocarpus Vahl

Pilocarpus is a genus of about 13 species of plants belonging to the family Rutaceae, native to the Neotropics of South America. Various species are important pharmacologically as a source of the parasympathomimetic alkaloid pilocarpine.[1] Many of the species have the common name jaborandi.

Etymology

The taxonomic name Pilocarpus is derived from ancient Greek πῖλος wool, felt + καρπός fruit.
Species

Selected species

Pilocarpus jaborandi (Pernambuco jaborandi)
Pilocarpus microphyllus (Maranham jaborandi)
Pilocarpus racemosus (Guadeloupe jaborandi)
Pilocarpus pennatifolius (Paraguay jaborandi)[2]
Pilocarpus spicatus (Aracati jaborandi)

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

References

De Abreu, Ilka Nacif; Sawaya, Alexandra Cristine H. F.; Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira; Mazzafera, Paulo (November–December 2005). "Production of Pilocarpine in Callus of Jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf)". In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. Society for In Vitro Biology. 41 (6): 806–811. doi:10.1079/IVP2005711. JSTOR 4293939. S2CID 26058596.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaborandi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 104.