Sida acuta

Common Wireweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
Genus: Sida
Species: S. acuta
Binomial name
Sida acuta
Burm.f.[1]
Synonyms

Sida carpinifolia L.f.[2]

Common Wireweed (Sida acuta) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is believed to have originated in Central America, but today has a pantropical distribution and is considered a weed in some areas.[3] The plant is poisonous to goats, causing a lysosomal storage disease if ingested.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sida acuta Burm. f.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1997-05-02. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33885. Retrieved 2009-02-29. 
  2. ^ "Sida carpinifolia L. f.". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Sida+carpinifolia&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All. Retrieved 2009-02-29. 
  3. ^ Parsons, William Thomas; Eric George Cuthbertson (2001). Noxious weeds of Australia (2 ed.). CSIRO Publishing. pp. 508–509. ISBN 9780643065147. 
  4. ^ Driemeier, D.; E. M. Colodel; E. J. Gimeno; S. S. Barros (2000). "Lysosomal Storage Disease Caused by Sida carpinifolia Poisoning in Goats". Veterinary Pathology (American College of Veterinary Pathologists) 37 (2): 153–159. doi:10.1354/vp.37-2-153. PMID 10714644. http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/full/37/2/153.