Plants Profile for Ricinus communis (castorbean)

General Information
Symbol:	RICO3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Shrub Subshrub Tree
Native Status:	HI I L48 I NAV I PB I PR I VI I
Other Common Names:	castor bean
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Mexico. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Bahamas, Abaco. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Puerto Rico. Usage Requirements.

©Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States Virgin Islands, Saint John, Reef Bay Quarter, Fish Bay area. Usage Requirements.

©Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States Virgin Islands, Saint John. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 461. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Ricinus L. – ricinus
Species	Ricinus communis L. – castorbean

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Ricinus communis agaliya castor bean lama palagi maskerekur toto ni vavalagi uluchula skoki This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FACU
Hawaii	FACU

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU