Ricinus communis
A species in the Euphorbiaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Ricinus
- Species
- Ricinus communis
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Ricinus communis. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
214 synonyms in this snapshot · page 2 of 5
- Ricinus communis f. niveatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. oblongusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. obscurusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. oligacanthusName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. ostrinatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. pardalinusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. picturatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. plumbeatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. pruinosusName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. pullatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. punctatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. punctulatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. punicansName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. purpurascensName author: (Bertol.) Pax
- Ricinus communis f. radiatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. rufescensName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. russatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. rutilansName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. scaberName author: (Bertol. ex Moris) Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. scriptusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. sordidusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. stigmosusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. striatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. subpurpurascensName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. subrotundusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. subviridusName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. sulcatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. tigrinusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. umbrinusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. venosusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. vinatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. viridisName author: (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. zebrinusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis f. zollingeriName author: Müll.Arg.
- Ricinus communis f. zonatusName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis prol. persicusName author: Not supplied
- Ricinus communis subsp. africanusName author: (Mill.) Nyman
- Ricinus communis subsp. indicusName author: G.Popova & Moshkin
- Ricinus communis subsp. manshuricusName author: V.Bork.
- Ricinus communis subsp. mexicanusName author: Popova
- Ricinus communis subsp. persicusName author: Popova
- Ricinus communis subsp. ruderalisName author: G.Popova & Moshkin
- Ricinus communis subsp. sanguineusName author: Popova
- Ricinus communis subsp. scaberName author: (Bertol. ex Moris) Nyman
- Ricinus communis subsp. sinensisName author: G.Popova & Moshkin
- Ricinus communis subsp. sinensisName author: Hiltebr.
- Ricinus communis subsp. zanzibarinusName author: Popova
- Ricinus communis subvar. almeidaeName author: T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis subvar. americanusName author: (Müll.Arg.) T.Carvalho
- Ricinus communis subvar. blumeanusName author: (Müll.Arg.) T.Carvalho
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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